"拍" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Structure
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Mandarin pāi
Entry Methods
Pinyin pai1
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QHA
手竹日
Sijiao 5600.0
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CNS 11643 1-4D69
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Unicode U+62CD
GB2312 C5C4
BIG5 A9E7
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Level 5
 pāi to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)
Results beginning with 拍
 pāi shè to film / to shoot (a picture)
 pāi mài to auction / auction sale / to sell at a reduced price
 pāi zhào to take a picture
 pāi chū to sell at auction / to reach a given price at auction
 pāi shǒu to clap one's hands
 pāi xì to shoot a movie
 pāi dǎ to slap
 pāi da to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
 pāi tuō (dialect) to date sb
 pāi piàn to film / to make a film
 pāi dàng partner
 pāi zhuān (slang) to throw brickbats / to criticize harshly
 pāi bǎn clapper-board / auctioneer's hammer / to beat time with clappers
 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
 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports)
 pāi àn lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
 pāi jī to smack / to beat
 pāi fā to send / to cable (a telegram)
 pāi àn to beat against the shore (of waves)
 pāi diàn to send a telegram
 pāi diǎn (music) beat
 pāi hào time signature (music)
 pāi kè citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
 pāi yǎn (dialect) to perform / to act (in a play etc)
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 pāi mài huì auction / CL:場|场[chang3]
 pāi diàn yǐng to make a movie
  auctioneering firm
 pāi mǎ pì to flatter / to fawn on / to butter sb up / toadying / bootlicking
 pāi huáng guā smashed cucumber salad
 Pāi lì dé Polaroid (Tw)
 pāi mài shāng auctioneer / auction house
 pāi mǎ zhě flatterer / toady
 pāi pó zi to chase girls / to hang around with girls
 pāi xiōng pú to vouch for
簿 pāi zhǐ bù writing pad
 pāi àn jiào jué lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom) / fig. wonderful! / amazing! / great!
 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
 pāi àn jīng qí to slap the table in amazement (idiom) / wonderful! / amazing!
  photo opportunity
 pāi pāi pì gu zǒu rén to make oneself scarce / to slip away / to take French leave
Approximate Results for 拍
 zì pāi to take a picture or video of oneself / to take a selfie / selfie
 tōu pāi to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
 zhuā pāi to capture (an image) / to snap (a photo)
 kāi pāi to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc) / to start the bidding (auction) / to start a trading session (stock market)
 shí pāi candid photograph / genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
 jié pāi beat (music) / meter
 jìng pāi to bid (at an auction) / auction
 hé pāi in time with (i.e. same rhythm) / to keep in step with / fig. to cooperate
 qiú pāi racket
 háng pāi aerial photography (video or still)
 tóu pāi to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction
 bǎi pāi to take a staged photograph
 chóu pāi to prepare to film / to plan a shoot
 chuī pāi to resort to bragging and flattering / abbr. for 吹牛拍馬|吹牛拍马[chui1 niu2 pai1 ma3]
 dǎ pāi to beat time / to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
 fān pāi to reproduce photographically / to duplicate / to adapt (as a movie) / to remake (a movie) / adaptation / reproduction / remake
 fǎ pāi judicial auction / to sell by judicial auction
 gēn pāi to document on film the course of events / to follow sb with a camera
 kōng pāi aerial photography (video or still) (Tw)
 tǎo pāi (Tw) (coll.) to seek sympathy
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 zì pāi zhào selfie
 cāng ying pāi flyswatter
 jié pāi qì metronome
 dǎ pāi zi to beat time
 diàn wén pāi electric mosquito swatter
 jí pāi pāi hurried / impatient / rushed
 kōng pāi jī drone equipped for aerial photography
 màn bàn pāi (music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
 zì pāi gǎn selfie stick / also written 自拍杆[zi4 pai1 gan1]
 zì pāi qì camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)
 yī pāi jí hé lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily
 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
 pīng pāng qiú pāi ping-pong paddle
 chuī niú pāi mǎ to resort to bragging and flattering
  auction of rights
 chuī chuī pāi pāi to boast and flatter
 yī pāi liǎng sàn (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom) / to separate
 zì pāi mó shì camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)
 zì pāi shén qì selfie stick
 Hé lán shì pāi mài Dutch auction / descending-price auction
 hú jiā shí bā pāi Eighteen
 Chū kè Pāi àn Jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
 Er4 kè Pāi àn Jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
  auctionable emission rights
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