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拼

pīn

HSK 5 Character

What 拼 means

1. to piece together; to put together
2. to pool (resources etc); to share
3. to risk all; to go all out
4. to spell (words)

Example sentences

• 拼命地跑
  Pīnmìng de pǎo
  Run like your life depends on it.
• 爱拼才会赢。
  Whether you will succeed or not depends on your efforts.
• 我拼命地跑。
  I ran as fast as I could.
• 两个拼法都对。
  Liǎng gè pīnfǎ dōu duì.
  Both spellings are correct.
• 你的姓怎么拼？
  How do you spell your family name?
• 你怎么拼这个字？
  How do you spell the word?

Words starting with 拼

• 拼命pīn mìngto do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs…
• 拼搏pīn bóto struggle; to wrestle
• 拼音pīn yīnphonetic writing; pinyin (Chinese romanization)
• 拼写pīn xiěto spell
• 拼凑pīn còuto assemble; to put together
• 拼图pīn tújigsaw puzzle; to do a jigsaw puzzle
• 拼死pīn sǐto go all out for sth at risk of one's life
• 拼成pīn chéngto put sth together from component parts
• 拼杀pīn shāto grapple (with the enemy); to fight at the risk of one's life
• 拼盘pīn pánsampler platter; appetizer platter
• 拼接pīn jiēto put together; to join
• 拼装pīn zhuāngto assemble
• 拼刺pīn cìbayonet charge
• 拼力pīn lìto spare no efforts
• 拼卡pīn kǎto share a card with sb…
• 拼合pīn héto fit together; to put together
• 拼单pīn dānto pool orders (for bulk discounts or reduced shipping)…
• 拼婚pīn hūnto save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in…
• 拼字pīn zìto spell; spelling
• 拼客pīn kèperson who joins with others to reduce costs…
• 拼房pīn fángto rent a place with sb else to share the costs
• 拼板pīn bǎnto edge-join boards with glue to form a panel (woodworking)
• 拼桌pīn zhuōto sit at a table with others with whom one is unacquainted
• 拼法pīn fǎspelling

Words containing 拼

• 汉语拼音Hàn yǔ Pīn yīnHanyu Pinyin, the romanization system used in the PRC since the 1960s
• 全拼quán pīn(computing) full pinyin…
• 打拼dǎ pīnto work hard; to try to make a living
• 比拼bǐ pīnto compete fiercely; contest
• 汉拼Hàn pīnHanyu Pinyin (abbr. for 汉语拼音
• 简拼jiǎn pīn(computing) input method where the user types just the initial or first letter of each…
• 血拼xuè pīn(loanword) shopping (as a fun pastime)
• 双拼shuāng pīntwo-item combo…
• 威玛拼法Wēi mǎ pīn fǎWade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
• 威玛拼音Wēi mǎ pīn yīnWade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
• 自然拼读zì rán pīn dúphonics
• 通用拼音tōng yòng pīn yīnthe common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
• 邮政式拼音Yóu zhèng shì Pīn yīnChinese postal romanization, developed in the early 1900s, used until the 1980s
• 威妥玛拼法Wēi Tuǒ mǎ pīn fǎWade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
• 威妥玛拼音Wēi Tuǒ mǎ pīn yīnWade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
• 韦氏拼法Wéi shì pīn fǎWade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
• 东拼西凑dōng pīn xī còu(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources
• 瞎拼xiā pīnshopping as a fun pastime (loanword) (Tw)
• 粤拼Yuè pīnJyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems; abbr. of 粤语拼音
• 粤语拼音Yuè yǔ Pīn yīnCantonese romanization; Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems
• 有一拼yǒu yī pīncomparable; on a par (with)
• 七拼八凑qī pīn bā còuassembled at random; a motley collection
• 火拼huǒ pīnsee 火并

Characters that look like 拼

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

• 桥qiáobridge
• 耕gēngto plow; to till
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 拂fúto flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over
• 拚pànto strive for; to struggle; to disregard
• 肼jǐnghydrazine

Sounds the same

Read pīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 姘to be a mistress or lover
• 礗sound of crushed stone
• 拚variant of 拼