piě
撇 (piě) is a Chinese word meaning “to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)”.
Meanings
- 1to throw
- 2to cast
- 3left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
- Part of speech
- verb, noun
Related words
左撇子left-hander撇to cast away撇开to disregard; to leave aside撇下to cast away八字没一撇lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom)八字还没一撇lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom)八字还没一撇儿lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom)右撇子right-hander撇去skim撇号apostrophe撇嘴to curl one's lip撇大条(slang) to take a dump