pála

扒拉

Word · Verb

eat rice with chopsticks

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to eat (rice) with chopsticks; to shovel food into the mouth

dialect

Regional dialect usage, implies eating quickly or roughly.

Tā他
pá扒
la拉
le了
liǎng两
kǒu口
fàn饭
jiù就
pǎo跑
chū出
qù去
le了
 。

He shovelled two mouthfuls of rice and ran out.

Bié别
guāng光
pá扒
la拉
fàn饭
 ,
yě也
chī吃
diǎn点
cài菜
 。

Don't just shovel down the rice, have some vegetables too.

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Tā他
è饿
huài坏
le了
 ,
pá扒
la拉
le了
sān三
wǎn碗
fàn饭
cái才
tíng停
xià下
 。

He was starving and ate three bowls of rice before stopping.