pāi

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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)

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Words Containing 拍

拍戏
pāi xì

to shoot a movie

拍摄
pāi shè

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

拍板
pāi bǎn

clapper-board

拍照
pāi zhào

to take a picture

拍卖
pāi mài

to auction

球拍
qiú pāi

racket

一个巴掌拍不响
yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng

lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn

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

一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé

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

乒乓球拍
pīng pāng qiú pāi

ping-pong paddle

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]

偷拍
tōu pāi

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

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]

合拍
hé pāi

in time with (i.e. same rhythm)

吹吹拍拍
chuī chuī pāi pāi

to boast and flatter

吹拍
chuī pāi

to resort to bragging and flattering

吹牛拍马
chuī niú pāi mǎ

to resort to bragging and flattering

实拍
shí pāi

candid photograph

急拍拍
jí pāi pāi

hurried

慢半拍
màn bàn pāi

(music) a half-beat behind

打拍
dǎ pāi

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

打拍子
dǎ pāi zi

to beat time

抓拍
zhuā pāi

to capture (an image)

投拍
tóu pāi

to start shooting (a film)

拍出
pāi chū

to sell at auction

拍婆子
pāi pó zi

to chase girls

拍子
pāi zi

beat (music)

拍客
pāi kè

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

拍岸
pāi àn

to beat against the shore (of waves)

拍手
pāi shǒu

to clap one's hands

拍打
pāi da

to pat

拍拍屁股走人
pāi pāi pì gu zǒu rén

to make oneself scarce

拍拖
pāi tuō

(dialect) to date sb

拍击
pāi jī

to smack

拍案
pāi àn

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

拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué

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

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

拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí

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

拍档
pāi dàng

partner

拍演
pāi yǎn

(dialect) to perform

拍片
pāi piàn

to film; to make a film

拍发
pāi fā

to send

拍砖
pāi zhuān

(slang) to throw brickbats

拍纸簿
pāi zhǐ bù

writing pad

拍胸脯
pāi xiōng pú

to vouch for

拍号
pāi hào

time signature (music)

拍卖商
pāi mài shāng

auctioneer

拍卖会
pāi mài huì

auction

拍电
pāi diàn

to send a telegram

拍电影
pāi diàn yǐng

to make a movie

拍马
pāi mǎ

to urge on a horse by patting its bottom

拍马屁
pāi mǎ pì

to flatter

拍马者
pāi mǎ zhě

flatterer

拍黄瓜
pāi huáng guā

smashed cucumber salad

拍点
pāi diǎn

(music) beat

摆拍
bǎi pāi

to take a staged photograph

法拍
fǎ pāi

judicial auction

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

空拍机
kōng pāi jī

drone equipped for aerial photography

竞拍
jìng pāi

to bid (at an auction)

节拍
jié pāi

beat (music)

节拍器
jié pāi qì

metronome

筹拍
chóu pāi

to prepare to film; to plan a shoot

翻拍
fān pāi

to reproduce photographically

自拍
zì pāi

to take a picture or video of oneself

自拍器
zì pāi qì

camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)

自拍杆
zì pāi gǎn

selfie stick

自拍模式
zì pāi mó shì

camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)

自拍照
zì pāi zhào

selfie

自拍神器
zì pāi shén qì

selfie stick

航拍
háng pāi

aerial photography (video or still)

荷兰式拍卖
hé lán shì pāi mài

Dutch auction

苍蝇拍
cāng ying pāi

flyswatter

跟拍
gēn pāi

to document on film the course of events

开拍
kāi pāi

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

电蚊拍
diàn wén pāi

electric mosquito swatter