pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
拨 
撥 
bo1 
 
 
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch 
 
 
strokes 
8 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
5 
 
拨出 
撥出 
bo1 chu1 
 
 
to pull out; to allocate (funds); to dial 
 
拨刺 
撥刺 
bo1 ci1 
 
 
splash (of a fish) 
 
拨打 
撥打 
bo1 da3 
 
 
to call; to dial 
 
拨动 
撥動 
bo1 dong4 
 
 
to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc) 
 
拨付 
撥付 
bo1 fu4 
 
 
appropriate sum of money 
 
拨号 
撥號 
bo1 hao4 
 
 
to dial a telephone number 
 
拨号连接 
撥號連接 
bo1 hao4 lian2 jie1 
 
 
dial-up connection; dial-up networking 
 
拨号盘 
撥號盤 
bo1 hao4 pan2 
 
 
telephone dial 
 
拨号音 
撥號音 
bo1 hao4 yin1 
 
 
dial tone 
 
拨火棍 
撥火棍 
bo1 huo3 gun4 
 
 
poker 
 
拨接 
撥接 
bo1 jie1 
 
 
dial-up (Internet connection) 
 
拨开 
撥開 
bo1 kai1 
 
 
to push aside; to part; to brush away 
 
拨空 
撥空 
bo1 kong4 
 
 
to make time 
 
拨款 
撥款 
bo1 kuan3 
 
 
to allocate funds; appropriation 
 
拨浪鼓 
撥浪鼓 
bo1 lang4 gu3 
 
 
a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy); rattle-drum 
 
拨乱反正 
撥亂反正 
bo1 luan4 fan3 zheng4 
 
 
bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder 
 
拨弄 
撥弄 
bo1 nong4 
 
 
to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up 
 
拨冗 
撥冗 
bo1 rong3 
 
 
to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs 
 
拨弦乐器 
撥弦樂器 
bo1 xian2 yue4 qi4 
 
 
plucked string or stringed instrument; plucked instrument 
 
拨用 
撥用 
bo1 yong4 
 
 
appropriation 
 
拨云见日 
撥雲見日 
bo1 yun2 jian4 ri4 
 
 
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice 
 
拨正 
撥正 
bo1 zheng4 
 
 
to set right; to correct 
 
拨转 
撥轉 
bo1 zhuan3 
 
 
to turn; to turn around; to transfer (funds etc) 
 
拨子弹 
撥子彈 
bo1 zi3 tan2 
 
 
plectrum 
 
拨子 
撥子 
bo1 zi5 
 
 
plectrum 
 
拨奏 
撥奏 
bo1 zou4 
 
 
pizzicato 
 
点拨 
點撥 
dian3 bo1 
 
 
to give instructions; to give advice 
 
调拨 
調撥 
diao4 bo1 
 
 
to send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds); to channel (goods) 
 
划拨 
劃撥 
hua4 bo1 
 
 
to assign; to allocate; to transfer (money to an account) 
 
撩拨 
撩撥 
liao2 bo1 
 
 
to provoke; to tease 
 
弹拨 
彈撥 
tan2 bo1 
 
 
to pluck (a string) 
 
弹拨乐 
彈撥樂 
tan2 bo1 yue4 
 
 
plucked string music 
 
弹拨乐器 
彈撥樂器 
tan2 bo1 yue4 qi4 
 
 
plucked string instrument 
 
调拨 
調撥 
tiao2 bo1 
 
 
to sow discord 
 
挑拨 
挑撥 
tiao3 bo1 
 
 
to incite disharmony; to instigate 
 
挑拨离间 
挑撥離間 
tiao3 bo1 li2 jian4 
 
 
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between 
 
挑拨是非 
挑撥是非 
tiao3 bo1 shi4 fei1 
 
 
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief 
 
挑灯拨火 
挑燈撥火 
tiao3 deng1 bo1 huo3 
 
 
to sow discord; to provoke 
 
土拨鼠 
土撥鼠 
tu3 bo1 shu3 
 
 
groundhog 
 
一拨儿 
一撥兒 
yi1 bo1 er5 
 
 
group of people