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呗

bài

Character Traditional 唄

What 呗 means

1. bound formto chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka")

Other readings

呗 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• beimodal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm; modal particle indicating that things should

Example sentences

• 用你的手机拍呗。
  Take a picture with your phone.

Words containing 呗

• 梵呗fàn bài(Buddhism) chanting of prayers
• 花呗Huā beiAnt Check Later, consumer credit service offered by Ant Financial Services 蚂蚁金服

Characters built on 贝

These share the phonetic component 贝 (bèi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 财cáimoney; wealth; riches
• 赛sàito compete; competition; match
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 贷dàito lend on interest; to borrow; a loan
• 赅gāicomplete; full
• 赉làito bestow; to confer

Characters that look like 呗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 吻wěnkiss; to kiss; mouth
• 顷qǐngunit of area equal to 100 亩; a short while; a little while ago
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate
• 呦yōuOh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦
• 吆yāoto shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal)
• 咂zāto sip; to smack one's lips; to taste

Sounds the same

Read bài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拜to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings…
• 败to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 稗barnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant
• 韛bellows (for blowing air into a fire)