扒手 (pá shǒu) — pickpocket | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pickpocket

Measure word · 个

，扒手。
Chē shàng rén duō, xiǎo xīn pá shǒu.
There are many people on the bus, beware of pickpockets.
扒手。
Jǐng chá zhuā zhù le nà ge pá shǒu.
The police caught that pickpocket.
扒手，。
Tā céng jīng shì yí gè pá shǒu, hòu lái gǎi xié guī zhèng le.
He used to be a pickpocket, but later turned over a new leaf.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

扒 means to pick or snatch, and 手 points to a person, giving pickpocket.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

八

Same sound today

扒 contains 手, a hand, showing an action done with the hand, and 八, which gives the sound.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

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