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拼
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Definitions
- 1. to piece together
- 2. to join together
- 3. to stake all
- 4. adventurous
- 5. at the risk of one's life
- 6. to spell
Example Sentences
1 shown你怎么 拼 “pretty”？
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 拼
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
to work hard
Pinduoduo, social e-commerce company founded in 2015
one's utmost
phonics
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
to fit together
sampler platter
Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems
jigsaw puzzle; wood block puzzle
(computing) input method where the user types just the initial or first letter of each syllable, e.g. \shq\ or \sq\ for 事情[shì qing])
person who joins with others to reduce costs (carpooling, group buying, sharing an apartment etc)
pastiche
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
to exchange fire
brave man, willing to risk his life
(computing) full pinyin (input method where the user types pinyin without tones, e.g. \shiqing\ for 事情[shì qing])
(slang) to rely on one's father's wealth or prestige to get ahead
the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
to assemble
(computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final)
to put together
phonetic alphabet
to misspell
to pronounce a word after mentally processing its spelling
to assemble
to throw oneself at sb or sth
to spell
to sit at a table with others with whom one is unacquainted
to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
to spare no efforts
to put sth together from component parts
to spell
jigsaw puzzle
shopping as a fun pastime (loanword)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
to put together
to share a card with sb (e.g. share a loyalty card to accumulate points and split the benefits)
to carpool
phonetic writing
to typeset
to fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)
to join together
to edge-join boards with glue to form a panel (woodworking)
alphabetic stage
spelling
bayonet charge
to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
to rent a place with sb else to share the costs
phonetic letters
jigsaw puzzle
bayonet charge
to brave it out
(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources
assembled at random
floor with tiled design
to compete fiercely
to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
jigsaw puzzle
to engage (in a fight)
(of people with tight budget) to enjoy various dishes at the restaurant by ordering the food together and then sharing the costs
to put together
Cantonese romanization
spelling mistake
to fight desperately
to struggle
Chinese postal romanization, developed in the early 1900s, used until the 1980s
to assemble
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
to grapple (with the enemy)