拨

bō

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial

Traditional 撥

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 verbmeasure word

Meaning

bō bo1

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc
to dial
to allocate
to set aside (money)
to poke (the fire)
to pluck (a string instrument)
to turn round
classifier: group, batch

Example sentences

zài在fángjiān房间lǐ里zhǐnéng只能bō拨shìnèi市内，chángtú长途kěyǐ可以dào到zǒngtái总台lái来dǎ打。

You can only make local calls from the room; you can go to the front desk to call long-distance.

HSK words with 拨

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