一把把 (yì bǎ bǎ) — (classifier reduplication) each handful; handfu…

Definition

A reduplicated measure word: 把 means 'a handful/grasp of', and 一把把 means 'handful after handful' — each one, one by one.

numeral

(classifier reduplication) each handfulhandful after handful

一把把。
Tā cóng kǒu dài lǐ zhuā chū yì bǎ bǎ huā shēng.
He grabbed handful after handful of peanuts from his pocket.
一把把，。
Tā bǎ táng fēn chéng yì bǎ bǎ, fēn gěi hái zi men.
She divided the candy into handfuls and gave them to the children.
一把把。
Dì shàng sā zhe yì bǎ bǎ guā zǐ ké.
Handful after handful of sunflower seed shells were scattered on the ground.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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

扌巴把

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

巴

Same sound today

把 combines 扌, a hand, with 巴 for its sound.