把 bǎ 把 (marks the object moved before the verb: 把门关上)

Example sentences

请把门打开。Qǐng bǎ mén dǎkāi.Please open the door.
把书给我。Bǎ shū gěi wǒ.Give me the book.

HSK 3 — the intermediate threshold: 300 new words, 600 in all. You can communicate in daily life, study and travel in China. In HSK 3.0, 把 is in band 3. HSK 3 explained

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中把。

It means hold. You'll hear it when someone asks you to hand something over.

中把书给我。

Give me the book. Want to try it out loud?

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Stroke order

把 is written in 7 strokes.

把 — the Chinese character for 把 (marks the object moved before the verb: 把门关上) (bǎ), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 把 — 把 (marks the object moved before the verb: 把门关上)

Senses

to hold; to grasp
to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
handlebar
classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
classifier for things with handles

How 把 is used

把 fronts the object: 把 + OBJECT + VERB — moves the object ahead of the verb (把书给我).

Related words

Where 把 lives

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把 is pronounced bǎ and means “把 (marks the object moved before the verb: 把门关上)”.