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Usage of the character 擺

bǎi
[擺]
  • to arrange
  • to exhibit
  • to move to and fro
  • a pendulum
bǎishì
摆饰
[擺飾]
  • knickknack
  • ornament
  • decorative item
bǎipāi
摆拍
[擺拍]
  • to take a staged photograph
qiánbǎi
前摆
[前擺]
  • last time
bǎipíng
摆平
[擺平]
  • to be fair
  • to be impartial
  • to settle (a matter etc)
tíngbǎi
停摆
[停擺]
  • (of a pendulum) to stop swinging
  • (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt
  • to be suspended
  • to be canceled
  • shutdown
  • (sports) lockout
bǎitān
摆摊
[擺攤]
  • to set up a vendor's stall in the street
xiǎnbai
显摆
[顯擺]
  • (coll.) to show off
bǎipán
摆盘
[擺盤]
  • to arrange food on a plate
  • to plate up
  • food presentation
  • (watchmaking) balance wheel
bǎizi
摆子
[擺子]
  • malaria
bǎidòng
摆动
[擺動]
  • to sway
  • to swing
  • to move back and forth
  • to oscillate
bǎikuò
摆阔
[擺闊]
  • to parade one's wealth
  • to be ostentatious and extravagant
bǎidàng
摆荡
[擺蕩]
  • to swing
  • to sway
bǎipǔ
摆谱
[擺譜]
  • to put on airs
  • to be ostentatious
shuāngbǎi
双摆
[雙擺]
  • double pendulum (math.)
dānbǎi
单摆
[單擺]
  • simple pendulum (physics)
bǎidù
摆渡
[擺渡]
  • ferry
bǎishǒu
摆手
[擺手]
  • to wave one's hand
  • to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc)
  • to swing one's arms
xiàbǎi
下摆
[下擺]
  • hem of a skirt
  • shirt tail
yáobǎi
摇摆
[搖擺]
  • to sway
  • to wobble
  • to waver
bǎimài
摆卖
[擺賣]
  • hawking
  • street vending
bǎizhōng
摆钟
[擺鐘]
  • pendulum clock
bǎilàn
摆烂
[擺爛]
  • (neologism c. 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed); to let it all go to hell; (sports) to tank
bǎimíng
摆明
[擺明]
  • to show clearly
bǎixiàn
摆线
[擺線]
  • cycloid
bǎishè
摆设
[擺設]
  • to set out
  • to display
  • to furnish (a room or house)
zhōngbǎi
钟摆
[鐘擺]
  • pendulum
bǎichū
摆出
[擺出]
  • to assume
  • to adopt (a look, pose, manner etc)
  • to bring out for display
bǎituō
摆脱
[擺脫]
  • to break away from
  • to cast off (old ideas etc)
  • to get rid of
  • to break away (from)
  • to break out (of)
  • to free oneself from
  • to extricate oneself
pūbǎi
铺摆
[鋪擺]
  • to display (goods)
  • to dispose of
bǎishe
摆设
[擺設]
  • ornament
  • decorative item
  • (fig.) sth that is merely for show
bǎinòng
摆弄
[擺弄]
  • to move back and forth
  • to fiddle with
bǎifàng
摆放
[擺放]
  • to set up; to arrange; to lay out
bǎihuàng
摆晃
[擺晃]
  • to swing
  • to sway
bǎibù
摆布
[擺布]
  • to arrange
  • to order about
  • to manipulate
bǎimǎn
摆满
[擺滿]
  • to spread over an area
niǔbǎi
扭摆
[扭擺]
  • to twist and sway (one's body)
bǎilún
摆轮
[擺輪]
  • balance (of a watch or clock)
  • balance wheel
píngbǎi
平摆
[平擺]
  • yawing (of a boat)
bǎiménmiàn
摆门面
[擺門面]
  • to keep up appearances
  • to put up a front
bǎidìtān
摆地摊
[擺地攤]
  • to run a street stall
bǎijiàzi
摆架子
[擺架子]
  • to put on airs
  • to assume great airs
yáobǎiyuè
摇摆乐
[搖擺樂]
  • swing (genre of jazz music)
bǎipǔr
摆谱儿
[擺譜兒]
  • erhua variant of 擺譜/摆谱 (bǎipǔ)
yáobǎiwǔ
摇摆舞
[搖擺舞]
  • swing (dance)
bǎisher
摆设儿
[擺設兒]
  • decorative items
  • ornaments
bǎizàoxíng
摆造型
[擺造型]
  • to pose (for a picture)
Fùkēbǎi
傅科摆
[傅科擺]
  • Foucault's pendulum
bǎidùchē
摆渡车
[擺渡車]
  • shuttle bus
  • feeder bus
bǎitānzi
摆摊子
[擺攤子]
  • to set up a stall
  • (fig.) to maintain a large staff and organization
yáobǎizhōu
摇摆州
[搖擺州]
  • swing state (US politics)
míngbǎizhe
明摆着
[明擺著]
  • evident
  • clear
  • undoubted
bǎiyàngzi
摆样子
[擺樣子]
  • to do sth for show
  • to keep up appearances
bǎiwūlóng
摆乌龙
[擺烏龍]
  • to mess sth up
  • to screw up
bǎilóngménzhèn
摆龙门阵
[擺龍門陣]
  • (dialect) to chat; to gossip; to spin a yarn
bǎituōwēijī
摆脱危机
[擺脫危機]
  • to break out of a crisis
yáoyáobǎibǎi
摇摇摆摆
[搖搖擺擺]
  • swaggering
  • staggering
  • waddling
bǎihuājiàzi
摆花架子
[擺花架子]
  • lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
  • superficial display (idiom)
zhèngjīngbābǎi
正经八摆
[正經八擺]
  • variant of 正經八百/正经八百 (zhèngjīngbābǎi)
dàyáodàbǎi
大摇大摆
[大搖大擺]
  • to strut
  • swaggering
bǎileyīdào
摆了一道
[擺了一道]
  • to play tricks on
  • to make a fool of
yáobǎibùdìng
摇摆不定
[搖擺不定]
  • indecisive
  • wavering
yáotóubǎiwěi
摇头摆尾
[搖頭擺尾]
  • to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)
  • to be well pleased with oneself
  • to have a lighthearted air
bǎishìshíjiǎngdàolǐ
摆事实讲道理
[擺事實講道理]
  • present the facts and reason things out