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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)

偷拍
tōupāi
to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
合拍
hépāi
in time with (i.e. same rhythm)
吹拍
chuīpāi
to resort to bragging and flattering
实拍
shípāi
candid photograph
打拍
dǎpāi
to beat time
抓拍
zhuāpāi
to capture (an image)
投拍
tóupāi
to start shooting (a film)
拍出
pāichū
to sell at auction
拍子
pāizi
racket (sports)
拍客
pāikè
citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
拍岸
pāiàn
to beat the short (of waves)
拍戏
pāixì
to shoot a movie
拍手
pāishǒu
to clap one's hands
拍打
pāidǎ
to slap
拍拖
pāituō
to date sb
拍击
pāijī
to smack
拍摄
pāishè
to film
拍板
pāibǎn
clapper-board
拍案
pāiàn
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
拍档
pāidàng
partner

Metadata

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

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