Chinese

擺

bǎi
to get rid of; to break free from; to push aside
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 5
  • radical 手
  • 18 strokes

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Origin

Etymology 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *preːlʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 罷 (OC *breːlʔ, *bral, *bralʔ).

Etymology 2

Zhao (1990) and Li (2005) consider this to be a Kra-Dai substrate word; compare Zhuang baez, Bouyei baiz, Lingao fɔi³.

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
  • soundChinese罷 “to cease; to finish; to stop”
    • ideaChinese网 “net”
    • ideaChinese能 “a kind of bear”

Related: Zhuang baez, Bouyei baiz, Lingao fɔi³

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