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pāi
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. to pat
  2. 2. to clap
  3. 3. to slap
  4. 4. to swat
  5. 5. to take (a photo)
  6. 6. to shoot (a film)
  7. 7. racket (sports)
  8. 8. beat (music)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 2887868)

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Words Containing 拍

拍黄瓜
pāi huáng guā

smashed cucumber salad

拍电
pāi diàn

to send a telegram

合拍
hé pāi

in time with (i.e. same rhythm)

空拍机
kōng pāi jī

drone equipped for aerial photography

拍子
pāi zi

beat (music)

拍打
pāi da

to pat

打拍子
dǎ pāi zi

to beat time

拍砖
pāi zhuān

(slang) to throw brickbats

拍档
pāi dàng

partner

拍马者
pāi mǎ zhě

flatterer

拍拖
pāi tuō

(dialect) to date sb

投拍
tóu pāi

to start shooting (a film)

初刻拍案惊奇
chū kè pāi àn jīng qí

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[líng méng chū]

吹吹拍拍
chuī chuī pāi pāi

to boast and flatter

打拍
dǎ pāi

to beat time; to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards

电蚊拍
diàn wén pāi

electric mosquito swatter

拍纸簿
pāi zhǐ bù

writing pad

拍发
pāi fā

to send

跟拍
gēn pāi

to document on film the course of events

溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ

to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants

拍电影
pāi diàn yǐng

to make a movie

一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé

lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)

拍摄
pāi shè

to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)

拍演
pāi yǎn

(dialect) to perform

拍照
pāi zhào

to take a picture

拍卖
pāi mài

to auction

拍拍屁股走人
pāi pāi pì gu zǒu rén

to make oneself scarce

拍卖会
pāi mài huì

auction

拍客
pāi kè

citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)

法拍
fǎ pāi

judicial auction

慢半拍
màn bàn pāi

(music) a half-beat behind

拍婆子
pāi pó zi

to chase girls

自拍器
zì pāi qì

camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)

偷拍
tōu pāi

to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge

拍马屁
pāi mǎ pì

to flatter

抓拍
zhuā pāi

to capture (an image)

自拍
zì pāi

to take a picture or video of oneself

吹拍
chuī pāi

to resort to bragging and flattering

急拍拍
jí pāi pāi

hurried

竞拍
jìng pāi

to bid (at an auction)

自拍模式
zì pāi mó shì

camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)

翻拍
fān pāi

to reproduce photographically

拍马
pāi mǎ

to urge on a horse by patting its bottom

吹牛拍马
chuī niú pāi mǎ

to resort to bragging and flattering

乒乓球拍
pīng pāng qiú pāi

ping-pong paddle

荷兰式拍卖
hé lán shì pāi mài

Dutch auction

一个巴掌拍不响
yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng

lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)

拍岸
pāi àn

to beat against the shore (of waves)

拍出
pāi chū

to sell at auction

拍号
pāi hào

time signature (music)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn

(idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate

节拍器
jié pāi qì

metronome

拍戏
pāi xì

to shoot a movie

节拍
jié pāi

beat (music)

拍案
pāi àn

lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)

拍击
pāi jī

to smack

自拍照
zì pāi zhào

selfie

拍点
pāi diǎn

(music) beat

拍胸脯
pāi xiōng pú

to vouch for

筹拍
chóu pāi

to prepare to film; to plan a shoot

拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ

lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether

拍板
pāi bǎn

clapper-board

苍蝇拍
cāng ying pāi

flyswatter

拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué

lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!

二刻拍案惊奇
èr kè pāi àn jīng qí

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[líng méng chū]

实拍
shí pāi

candid photograph

拍卖商
pāi mài shāng

auctioneer

球拍
qiú pāi

racket

自拍神器
zì pāi shén qì

selfie stick

拍片
pāi piàn

to film; to make a film

开拍
kāi pāi

to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc)

航拍
háng pāi

aerial photography (video or still)

自拍杆
zì pāi gǎn

selfie stick

摆拍
bǎi pāi

to take a staged photograph

拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí

to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!

拍手
pāi shǒu

to clap one's hands