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佩戴

pèi dài

2-character word

What 佩戴 means

1. to wear (as an accessory: jewelry, pedometer, ID card etc)

The characters in 佩戴

• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear

Example sentences

• 这两个男孩，一个14岁、一个16岁，都穿着军队制服，衣袖上佩戴着镶金色蕾丝边的中士袖章。
  The two boys, aged respectively fourteen and sixteen, were dressed in the army uniform, and wore gold-lace sergeant's chevrons upon their sleeves.

Sounds the same

Read pèi dài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 佩带to wear (as accessories); carry at the waist
• 配戴to put on; to wear (mouthguard, contact lenses, hearing aid etc)