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排

pái

HSK 4 Character

What 排 means

1. to arrange in order; to line up
2. to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge
3. literaryto push aside; to force open
4. to rehearse
5. row; line
6. platoon
7. bound formsteak; chop
8. bound formraft
9. classifier for rows or lines (of people or things)

Example sentences

• 我常打排球。
  I play volleyball a lot.
• 您必须排队。
  You have to wait in line.
• 你想打排球吗。
  Nǐ xiǎng dǎ páiqiú ma.
  Do you want to play volleyball?
• 我排尿有问题。
  Wǒ páiniào yǒu wèntí.
  I have a problem urinating.
• 排球很有意思。
  Volleyball is a lot of fun.
• 已经安排好了。
  Arrangements have already been made.

Words starting with 排

• 排列pái lièto arrange in order; (math) permutation
• 排队pái duìto line up
• 排球pái qiúvolleyball
• 排除pái chúto eliminate; to remove; to exclude
• 排斥pái chìto reject; to exclude; to eliminate
• 排放pái fàngto arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)…
• 排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
• 排行榜pái háng bǎngthe charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking
• 排行pái hángto rank; ranking; seniority (among siblings)
• 排练pái liànto rehearse; rehearsal
• 排骨pái gǔpork chop; pork cutlet; spare ribs
• 排长pái zhǎngplatoon leader; sergeant
• 排序pái xùto sort; to arrange in order
• 排出pái chūto discharge
• 排量pái liàngdischarge volume; engine capacity; engine displacement…
• 排水pái shuǐto drain
• 排版pái bǎntypesetting
• 排挤pái jǐto crowd out; to push aside; to supplant
• 排查pái cháto inspect; to run through a checklist; to take stock
• 排演pái yǎnto rehearse (a performance)
• 排泄pái xièto drain (factory waste etc); to excrete (urine, sweat etc)
• 排场pái changostentation; a show of extravagance; grand style
• 排污pái wūto drain sewage
• 排遣pái qiǎnto divert oneself from (loneliness, grief etc); to dispel (negative thoughts etc)

Words containing 排

• 安排ān páito arrange; to plan; to set up
• 前排qián páifront row
• 编排biān páito arrange; to lay out
• 并排bìng páiside by side; abreast
• 牛排niú páisteak
• 后排hòu páithe back row (in a theater etc); the rear seats (in a vehicle)
• 女排nǚ páiwomen's volleyball; abbr. for 女子排球
• 彩排cǎi páidress rehearsal; to have a dress rehearsal
• 大排档dà pái dàngfood stall; open-air restaurant
• 密排mì páito arrange closely; to lay densely
• 手排shǒu pái(Taiwan) manual transmission (abbr. for 手动排档
• 减排jiǎn páito reduce pollutant discharge; to reduce emissions
• 照排zhào páiphototypesetting; photocomposition
• 直排zhí páivertical setting (printing)
• 自排zì páiautomatic transmission
• 重排chóng páito rearrange; to retypeset
• 地排车dì pǎi chēhandcart
• 有排面yǒu pái miàn(neologism; colloquial) ostentatious; showy; impressive
• 给排水jǐ pái shuǐwater supply and drainage
• 照相排版zhào xiàng pái bǎnphototypesetting; photocomposition
• 部首编排法bù shǒu biān pái fǎdictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals
• 速手排sù shǒu páigears (in a car)
• 男排nán páimen's volleyball; abbr. for 男子排球
• 力排众议lì pái zhòng yìto stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)

Characters built on 非

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

• 徘páiused in 徘徊
• 俳pái(literary) comic performance; jesting

Characters that look like 排

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

• 棒bàngstick; club; cudgel
• 椰yē(bound form) coconut palm; Taiwan pr. yé
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 徘páiused in 徘徊
• 捋lǚto smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke
• 揶yéto gesticulate; to play antics

Sounds the same

Read pái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 牌signboard; plaque; plate; tablet; brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card
• 徘used in 徘徊
• 俳(literary) comic performance; jesting
• 棑raft; shield; stern of junk
• 簰bamboo raft
• 輫carriage (archaic)