pài
Radical 85 · 9 strokes

to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)

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MEANING8 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)

    把人或东西分配给某个目的或地方bǎ rén huò dōngxi fēnpèi gěi mǒuging mùdì huò dìfang

    • The company sent him to Shanghai.

  2. noun

    clique; school; group; faction

    同一类的人或团体tónyī lèi de rén huò tuántǐ

    • They belong to different factions.

  3. measure word

    (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc

    用来表示一种场景、气氛、样子或声音等的量词yònglái biǎoshì yī zhǒng chǎngjǐng、qìfēn、yàngzi huò shēngyīn děng de liàngcí

    • He talks a lot of nonsense.

  4. noun

    (bound form) style; manner

    • He has his own style.

  5. measure word

    classifier for factions, groups etc

    表示一群有相同想法或目标的人biǎoshì yīqún yǒu xiāngtóng xiǎngfǎ huò mùbiāo de rén

  6. noun

    (loanword) pie

    一种用面粉做的甜食yī zhǒng yòng miànfěn zuò de tiánshí

    • I like eating apple pie.

  7. noun

    (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...

    圆周长与直径的比值,约等于3.14159yuánzhōu cháng yǔ zhíjìng de bǐzhí, yuēděngyú sān diǎn yī sì yī wǔ jiǔ

    • The ratio of circumference to diameter is pi.

  8. noun

    (literary) tributary; branch of a river

    河流分出的支流héliú fēnchū de zhīliú

    • This river has many branches.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A stream of water splits into many branches, like family lines diverging from a common source.

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