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拍
pāi
1. to pat
2. to clap
3. to slap
4. to swat
5. to take (a photo)
6. to shoot (a film)
7. racket (sports)
8. beat (music)
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

拍
pāi
to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

拍片
pāipiàn
to film
拍发
pāifā
to send
拍砖
pāizhuān
(slang) to throw brickbats
节拍
jiépāi
beat (music)
吹拍
chuīpāi
to resort to bragging and flattering
航拍
hángpāi
aerial photograph
拍号
pāihào
time signature (music)
拍卖
pāimài
to auction
偷拍
tōupāi
to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
实拍
shípāi
candid photograph
拍电
pāidiàn
to send a telegram
球拍
qiúpāi
racket
拍马
pāimǎ
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom
打拍
dǎpāi
to beat time
筹拍
chóupāi
to prepare to film
抓拍
zhuāpāi
to capture (an image)
投拍
tóupāi
to start shooting (a film)
拍出
pāichū
to sell at auction
翻拍
fānpāi
to reproduce photographically
拍子
pāizi
racket (sports)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,166
Word Frequency Rank
808 of 84,292

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