扒开

扒開
bākāi
verb #37,831

Meanings

  1. 1 to pry open
  2. 2 to push apart with both hands
  3. 3 to part (e.g. grass, a crowd)

Examples

Tā bākāi rénqún jǐ le jìnqù.
He pushed through the crowd and squeezed in.
Háizi bākāi cǎocóng zhǎo màzha.
The child parted the grass looking for grasshoppers.

Tips

mistakes
has two pronunciations: bā (to push apart, dig) and pá (to rake, pickpocket). 扒开 is bā kāi — pushing/parting something open with the hands. Don't confuse with 扒手 (páshǒu, 'pickpocket'), which uses the pá reading.

Stroke Order

kāi