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Meaning of 拍

Pinyin pāi

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

to clap / to pat / to beat / to hit / to slap / to take (a picture)

Usage

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拍 [pāi] 【动】 (Verb) 1. 用手掌打: to strike with the palm of the hand; e.g., 拍击 (to clap), 拍掌 (to pat), 拍抚 (to pat gently), 拍案叫绝 (to bang the table and exclaim in admiration). 2. 浪涛冲击: to crash against (the shore), e.g., 拍岸 (to hit the shore). 3. 拍打东西的用具: an implement for striking, e.g., 拍子 (also a unit to calculate the length of musical notes). 4. 乐曲的节奏: the rhythm of music, e.g., 拍节 (beat of the music). 5. 摄影: to photograph, e.g., 拍摄 (to shoot), 拍照 (to take a photo), 拍片子 (to take a film). 6. 发出: to send out, e.g., 拍发 (to dispatch), 拍电报 (to send a telegram). 7. 阿谀，巴结: to flatter or ingratiate, e.g., 拍马屁 (to flatter), 吹吹拍 (to flatter someone). 【名】 (Noun) 1. 拍子: a bat (used in games). 2. 乐曲的节拍: a unit of time in music that provides instructions for the performers (like the conductor's hand movements or the ticking of a metronome), e.g., 拍 (beat). 3. 古兵器名: an ancient weapon used to throw stones or firebrands, e.g., 拍 (a type of weapon). 【引】 (Reference) - 1 《玉台新咏·古诗为焦仲卿妻作》: "Raising a hand to pat the saddle." - 1 a: 拍浮 (to float); 拍肩 (to lightly pat someone’s shoulder, indicating friendliness or affection); 拍惜 (to gently pat with affection); 拍张 (to stretch limbs and strike). 【状】 (Adverb/Adjective) 1. 形容拍击的声音: describes the sound of clapping. For example, in 《红楼梦·第二一回》: "Just as I was hesitating, Xiangyun saw behind me, grabbed my braid, and reached out to give a '拍' sound, knocking the rouge from my hand." 【名】 (Noun) 1. 肩胛: the shoulder blade, which can also refer to "膊", as mentioned in 《周礼·天官·醢人》: "Pork liver paste with fish."

拍卖 pāi mài

to auction / auction sale / to sell at a reduced price

拍马屁 pāi mǎ pì

to flatter / to fawn on / to butter sb up / toadying / boot-licking

拍摄 pāi shè

to film / to shoot (a picture)

拍拍 pāi pāi

pat / clap / Paipai（网站名）

拍照 pāi zhào

to take a picture

拍打 pāi da

to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)

拍手 pāi shǒu

to clap one's hands

拍马 pāi mǎ

to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady

拍板 pāi bǎn

clapper-board / auctioneer's hammer / to beat time with clappers

节拍 jié pāi

beat (music) / meter

拍桌子 pāi zhuō zi

pound the desk / pound the table / bang the table / bang the desk

拍卖会 pāi mài huì

auction / CL:場|场[chang3]

拍击 pāi jī

to smack / to beat

拍卖行 pāi mài xíng

auction company / auction house

拍案 pāi àn

lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc

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 / unable to take it any more

合拍 hé pāi

in time with (i.e. same rhythm) / to keep in step with / fig. to cooperate

拍子 pāi zi

beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports)

拍片 pāi piàn

to film / to make a film

拍品 pāi pǐn

auction items（拍卖的物品）

拍柄 pāi bǐng

handle of bat / handle of racket

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 / to toady / boot-licking

胡笳十八拍 hú jiā shí bā pāi

Hu jia Shi Ba Pai

竞拍 jìng pāi

auction