bǎi

hem (at the bottom of a garment)

hand (扌) + sound (罢) = the hem you spread with your hands

The hand radical anchors the meaning: a hem is the part of a garment you handle or spread outward with your hands. 罢 contributes the sound bǎi and does not carry semantic weight here.

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这条裙子的太长了,需要剪短一点。

zhè tiáo qún zi de bǎi tài cháng le, xū yào jiǎn duǎn yī diǎn。

the hem of this skirt is too long and needs to be cut a bit shorter.

她把大衣的往上折了一圈,看起来更好看。

tā bǎ dà yī de bǎi wǎng shàng zhé le yī quān, kàn qǐ lái gèng hǎo kàn。

she folded the hem of the coat up one turn, and it looked nicer.

Words with 摆

摆线

bǎi xiàn

cycloid

铺摆

pū bǎi

to display (goods)

钟摆

zhōng bǎi

pendulum

双摆

shuāng bǎi

double pendulum (math.)

显摆

xiǎn bai

(coll.) to show off

下摆

xià bǎi

hem of a skirt

停摆

tíng bǎi

(of a pendulum) to stop swinging

傅科摆

fù kē bǎi

Foucault's pendulum

前摆

qián bǎi

(dialect) last time

单摆

dān bǎi

simple pendulum (physics)

大摇大摆

dà yáo dà bǎi

to strut

平摆

píng bǎi

yawing (of a boat)

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