Chinese

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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
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(把子)

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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把子

  1. (diminutive, colloquial) bundle; bunch; roll
  2. (opera) stage weapons and props used in traditional Chinese opera (as a whole)
  3. (opera) mock fighting in traditional Chinese opera
  4. blood-brother relations; blood brothers
  5. (archaic) Alternative form of 靶子 (bǎzi, target)
  6. (obsolete) timber raft
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Classifier

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把子

  1. (colloquial) Classifier for objects in bundles or bunches.
  2. (colloquial) Classifier for people in gangs.
  3. (colloquial) Classifier for certain abstract concepts, such as effort, physical strength, etc.

Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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把子

  1. (diminutive, colloquial) handle (of an object)
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