撇 (pit3) — skim off (cream etc) in Cantonese
pit˗₃撇Mandarin Pinyin: pie1
Meaning of 撇
nounskim off (cream etc)
nouncast aside; disregard; ignore; neglect
nounleftfalling stroke (in Chinese characters)/to leave or escape (Cantonese)/to dump
Example Sentences with 撇
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個fukˍ₆復wutˍ₆活zit˗₃節haiˍ₆係maiˍ₆咪heoi˗₃去bakˉ¹北hoiˊ²海douˍ₆道waatˍ₆滑syut3,雪,zungˍ₆重haiˍ₆係sapˍ₆十waakˍ₆劃douˉ¹都meiˍ₆未jauˏ₅有jatˉ¹一pit˗₃撇。
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋pit˗₃撇jeˏ₅嘢syun˗₃算
Let's forget about it.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好pit˗₃撇jeˏ₅嘢
Don't ditch it.
keoiˏ₅佢pit˗₃撇daiˉ¹低ngoˏ₅我
He ditched me.
keoiˏ₅佢zauˊ²走louˊ²佬pit˗₃撇jeˏ₅嘢
He ran off and left everything.
Words Containing 撇
一撇水jat1 pit3 seoi2
一千文, 一干水, 一撇嘢, 金牛
撇削又pit3 soek3 jau6
Kangxi radical 35 夊
撇甩pit3 lat1
get rid of
兩撇雞loeng5 pit3 gai1
moustache
一撇嘢jat1 pit3 je5
a stroke of a thing, which means a part of something or happening
十畫都未有一撇sap6 waak6 dou1 mei6 jau5 jat1 pit3
lit. not even one strokes drawn from the ten strokes, meaning one is far from completion or without progress
撇嘢pit3 je5
thousand dollars / bucks [colloquial]
撇油pit3 yau4
to skim grease off while cooking
撇旁又pit3 pong4 jau6
Kangxi radical 34 夂
左撇子zo2 pit3 zi2
left-handed; left-hander; southpaw | 粵: 用左手(嘅); [俗] 左撓; 左㕭; 左𠰋
三撇saam1 pit3
Kangxi radical 59 彡
撇開pit3 hoi1
cast/leave aside; ignore; disregard; neglect; bypass
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