English
- move
- to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
- dispel
- to dial
- distribute
- to allocate
- plectrum, play stringed instrument
- to set aside (money)
- to poke (the fire)
- to pluck (a string instrument)
- to turn round
- classifier: group, batch
- to move something with one's fingers from one place to another
- to dial
- to distribute one part of the whole to someone
粵語
- 用手指將一啲嘢由一邊移動去另一邊。
- 即係打電話,因為舊時嘅電話係要撥輪盤輸入想打嘅號碼,所以「打電話」又叫做「撥」。
- 從整體分出一部分
Variants
Words containing 撥
- 撥款but6 fun2
to allocate funds
- 撥打but6 daa2
to call
- 挑撥tiu1 but6
to incite disharmony
- 撥開but6 hoi1
to push aside
- 水撥seoi2 but6
windscreen water wipers
- 撥通but6 tung1
to get through to sb on the phone
- 撥冗but6 jung2
to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs
- 點撥dim2 but6
to give instructions
- 撥用but6 jung6
appropriation
- 撥正but6 zing3
to set right
- 撥子but6 zi2
plectrum
- 回撥wui4 put6
Roaming call back service
- 撥轉but6 zyun2
to turn
- 撥接but6 zip3
dial-up (Internet connection)
- 彈撥taan4 but6
to pluck (a string)
- 水撥水seoi2 but6 seoi2
windshield wiper fluid [colloquial]
- 撥亂反正but6 lyun6 faan2 zing3
bring order out of chaos
- 撥個輪but6 go3 leon2
to make a phone call
- 撥奏but6 zau3
pizzicato
- 撥電話but6 din6 waa2
to phone; to make a phone call
- 撥號but6 hou6
to dial a telephone number
- 撥出but6 ceot1
to pull out
- 撥起put3 hei2
- 撥動but6 dung6
to stir