| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 撥 | 拨 | bō | to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move; to set aside; group; batch; to poke; to stir |
| 撥刺 | 拨刺 | bō cī | splash (of a fish) |
| 撥付 | 拨付 | bō fù | appropriate sum of money |
| 撥號 | 拨号 | bō hào | dial (a telephone) |
| 撥號盤 | 拨号盘 | bō hào pán | telephone dial |
| 撥火棍 | 拨火棍 | bō huǒ gùn | poker |
| 撥開 | 拨开 | bō kāi | to move aside |
| 撥款 | 拨款 | bō kuǎn | allocate funds; appropriation |
| 撥浪鼓 | 拨浪鼓 | bō làng gǔ | a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy); rattle-drum |
| 撥亂反正 | 拨乱反正 | bō luàn fǎn zhèng | bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder |
| 撥弄 | 拨弄 | bō nòng | move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick, etc.); fiddle with; stir up |
| 撥冗 | 拨冗 | bō rǒng | find time in the midst of pressing affairs |
| 撥絃樂器 | 拨弦乐器 | bō xián yuè qì | plucked string or stringed instrument; plucked instrument |
| 撥用 | 拨用 | bō yòng | appropriation |
| 撥雲見日 | 拨云见日 | bō yún jiàn rì | dispel the clouds and see the sun - restore justice |
| 撥正 | 拨正 | bō zhèng | set right; correct |
| 撥子 | 拨子 | bō zi | plectrum |
| 撥奏 | 拨奏 | bō zòu | pizzicato |
| 彈撥樂器 | 弹拨乐器 | dàn bō yuè qì | plucked string instrument |
| 挑撥 | 挑拨 | tiǎo bō | (v) incite disharmony; stir up tensions among others |
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