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撇 pit3 {piē}

1. leftfalling stroke (in Chinese characters) 2. to leave or escape (Cantonese) 3. to dump

CCY

撇 pit3 {piē}

  1. to cast away
  2. to fling aside

CC

撇 pit3 {piě}

  1. to throw
  2. to cast
  3. left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

CC

撇低 pit3 dai1 {piē dī}

to ditch; to abandon

CCY

撇檔〔-档〕 pit3 dong3 {piē dàng}

Criminals found that things are going wrong, and they ran away

CCY

撇雨 pit3 jyu5 {piē yǔ}

rain that is going 'sideways' due to strong winds.

CCY

撇甩 pit3 lat1 {piē shuǎi}

to get rid of

CCY

撇清 pit3 cing1 {piě qīng}

to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear

CC

撇掉 pit3 diu6 {piē diào}

to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid

CC

撇下 pit3 haa6 {piē xia}

to cast away

CC

撇去 pit3 heoi3 {piē qù}

skim

CC

撇開〔-开〕 pit3 hoi1 {piē kāi}

  1. to disregard
  2. to leave aside

CC

撇號〔-号〕 pit3 hou6 {piě hào}

  1. apostrophe ' (punct.)
  2. accent mark
  3. prime symbol (math.)

CC

撇條〔-条〕 pit3 tiu4 {piě tiáo}

(slang) to go to the toilet

CC

撇嘴 pit3 zeoi2 {piě zuǐ}

  1. to curl one's lip
  2. to twitch one's mouth

CC

撇水片 pit3 seoi2 pin2 {piē shuǐ piàn}

to skim a stone (in water)

CCY

撇大條〔--条〕 pit3 daai6 tiu4 {piě dà tiáo}

(slang) to take a dump

CC

撇開不談〔-开-谈〕 pit3 hoi1 bat1 taam4 {piē kāi bù tán}

to ignore an issue (idiom)

CC