Chinese words · HSK 7–9

撇

piě

left-falling stroke (in Chinese characters)

Every meaning

piě

  1. left-falling stroke (in Chinese characters)
  2. to throw; to fling
  3. classifier for things shaped like the stroke (mustache etc)
  4. to curl (one's lip) (撇嘴)

piē

  1. to cast aside; to abandon
  2. to skim (off the surface)

Meanings are from Mandarin The Wild’s own dictionary. Levels follow the official HSK word list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus, levels 7–9 shown together).