摆
to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,170 U+6446
How 摆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 罢 (phonetic, bà)
How to remember it
put in order · Heisig RSH #1914
fingers + 罢 cease
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 摆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摆了一道 | bǎi le yī dào | to play tricks on; to make a fool of |
| 打摆子 | dǎ bǎi zi | (coll.) to suffer from malaria |
| 摆门面 | bǎi mén miàn | to keep up appearances; to put up a front |
| 正经八摆 | zhèng jīng bā bǎi | variant of 正經八百|正经八百[zheng4 jing1 ba1 bai3] |
| 摆事实讲道理 | bǎi shì shí jiǎng dào lǐ | present the facts and reason things out |
| 摆花架子 | bǎi huā jià zi | lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers; superficial display (idiom) |
| 明摆着 | míng bǎi zhe | evident; clear; undoubted |
| 摆乌龙 | bǎi wū lóng | to mess sth up; to screw up |
| 摆子 | bǎi zi | malaria |
| 大摇大摆 | dà yáo dà bǎi | to strut; swaggering |
| 摆动 | bǎi dòng | to sway; to swing; to move back and forth; to oscillate |
| 摆手 | bǎi shǒu | to wave one's hand; to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc); to swing … |
| 下摆 | xià bǎi | hem of a skirt; shirt tail |
| 平摆 | píng bǎi | yawing (of a boat) |
| 摆出 | bǎi chū | to assume; to adopt (a look, pose, manner etc); to bring out for display |
| 摆平 | bǎi píng | to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) |
| 摇摆不定 | yáo bǎi bù dìng | indecisive; wavering |
| 摆架子 | bǎi jià zi | to put on airs; to assume great airs |
| 东摇西摆 | dōng yáo xī bǎi | (idiom) to sway from side to side; unsteady; (idiom) indecisive; hesitant |
| 摆样子 | bǎi yàng zi | to do sth for show; to keep up appearances |