擺

擺 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 手田中心 (QWLP), four-corner 5601₁, composition ⿰扌罷)

• KangXi: page 461, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12910
• Dae Jaweon: page 810, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1980, character 9
• Unihan data for U+64FA

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *preːlʔ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 罷 (OC *breːlʔ, *bral, *bralʔ).

classifier for occurrences "time"

Zhao (1990) and Li (2005) consider this to be a Kra-Dai substrate word; compare Zhuang baez, Bouyei baiz, Lingao fɔi³.

擺

1. ^† to get rid of; to break free from; to push aside
2. ^† to separate; to divide
3. to put; to place; to arrange

   • 我們要為會議擺好椅子。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们要为会议摆好椅子。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒmen yào wèi huìyì bǎi hǎo yǐzi. [Pinyin]

     We will need to set out chairs for the meeting.

   • 在一張桌子上擺著一盤棋。 [MSC, trad.]
     在一张桌子上摆着一盘棋。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zài yī zhāng zhuōzi shàng bǎi zhe yī pán qí. [Pinyin]

     There was a game of chess on a table.

   • 她把拖鞋整齊地擺在床下。 [MSC, trad.]
     她把拖鞋整齐地摆在床下。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā bǎ tuōxié zhěngqí de bǎi zài chuángxià. [Pinyin]

     She put the slippers under the bed neatly.

   • 許多嚴峻的挑戰還擺在眼前。 [MSC, trad.]
     许多严峻的挑战还摆在眼前。 [MSC, simp.]

     Xǔduō yánjùn de tiǎozhàn hái bǎi zài yǎnqián. [Pinyin]

     Many serious challenges still lie ahead.

   • 唔該你同其他啲嘢擺埋一齊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     唔该你同其他啲嘢摆埋一齐。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     m⁴ goi¹ nei⁵ tung⁴ kei⁴ taa¹ di¹ je⁵ baai² maai⁴ jat¹ cai⁴. [Jyutping]

     Please put it by the other things.

4. to put on; to assume (air); to display

   • 她擺了一個優美的姿勢。 [MSC, trad.]
     她摆了一个优美的姿势。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā bǎi le yī ge yōuměi de zīshì. [Pinyin]

     She adopted an elegant pose.

5. (regional) to talk; to speak; to lay bare; to state clearly
6. to sway; to wave; to swing (Can we add an example for this sense?)
7. pendulum
   • 鐘擺／钟摆  ―  zhōngbǎi  ―  pendulum
   • 擺鐘／摆钟  ―  bǎizhōng  ―  pendulum clock
   • 單擺／单摆  ―  dānbǎi  ―  simple pendulum
8. (neologism, slang) Short for 擺爛／摆烂 (bǎilàn, “to strive instead for shoddiness”).
9. (dialectal) Short for 擺子／摆子 (bǎizi, “malaria”).
10. (archaic) to scheme; to set up
11. (archaic) to wrap
12. ^† Alternative form of 捭 (bǎi, “to hit; to beat”).
13. (Min Nan, Hakka, Malaysia Cantonese) Classifier for occurrences: time

    逐擺／逐摆 [Hokkien]  ―  ta̍k-pái [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  every time

    這擺／这摆 [Sixian Hakka]  ―  liá-pái [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  this time

14. a surname

• (to place):

• (classifier for occurrences; time):

• (to talk):

• (to sway): 晃 (huàng), 搖／摇 (yáo)

• “Entry #12517”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): はい (hai)
• Kun: ひらく (hiraku)

擺 (eum 파 (pa))

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擺: Hán Nôm readings: bẫy, bài, bãi, bay, bãy, bai, báy

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