把柄

Chinese

		handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	authority; handle; hilt
simp. and trad. (把柄)		把	柄
anagram		柄把

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎbǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄅㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa² beng³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pá-piang
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pé-pìⁿ / pá-pèng / pá-pìⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎbǐng [Phonetic: bábǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄅㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎbǐng
    • Wade–Giles: pa³-ping³
    • Yale: bǎ-bǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baabiing
    • Palladius: бабин (babin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa² beng³
    • Yale: bá beng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa² beng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba² béng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ pɛːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pá-piang
    • Hakka Romanization System: ba^ˋ biang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ba³ biang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pa³¹ pi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pé-pìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pé-pìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pefpvix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá-pèng
    • Tâi-lô: pá-pìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pafpexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pá-pìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pá-pìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pafpvix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pĩ¹¹/

Noun

把柄

1. (literally) handle (the part of a utensil that is easy to hold by hand)
2. (figuratively) information that yields a bargaining advantage to the other party in a lawsuit or argument; information that can be used against someone

Related terms

• 短處／短处 (duǎnchu)
• 痛腳／痛脚 (tòngjiǎo)