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一把

yībǎ
measure word

Meanings

  1. 1 a handful of
  2. 2 a bunch of
  3. 3 one (for things with handles: knives, chairs, umbrellas)

Examples

HSK 3
他年纪一大把了。
Tā niánjì yīdà bǎ le.
He is quite up there in years.
HSK 4
墙角放着一把伞。
Qiángjiǎo fàng zhe yībǎ sǎn.
There is an umbrella in the corner.
HSK 6
他抓了一把花生。
Tā zhuā le yībǎ huāshēng.
He grabbed a handful of peanuts.

Tips

usage
一把 has two uses: (1) a handful - what one hand grasps (rice, sand, hair); (2) a classifier for graspable objects with a handle - 一把刀 a knife, 一把椅子 a chair, 一把伞 an umbrella. The phrase 年纪一大把 idiomatically means 'getting on in years'.

Stroke Order

一 yī
把 bǎ