Chinese word dictionary

掰掰

bāi bāi · bye-bye (loanword) (Tw)

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Word information

Simplified掰掰

Traditional掰掰

Pinyinbāi bāi

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Character breakdown

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掰bāi

to rip, to tear

掰bāi

to rip, to tear

How to learn 掰掰

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Words with the same characters

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掰开bāi kāi

to pull apart; to pry open with the hands

假掰gēi bāi

(Tw) affected; pretentious; to put on a display of histrionics (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ké-pai])

瞎掰xiā bāi

(coll.) to talk nonsense; to fool around

掰直bāi zhí

to straighten; (slang) to turn a gay person straight

闹掰nào bāi

(dialect) to have a falling-out (with sb)

掰扯bāi che

to debate; to dispute; to wrangle (dialect)