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派

pài

HSK 5 Character

What 派 means

1. literarytributary; branch of a river
2. clique; school; group; faction
3. bound formstyle; manner
4. to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)
5. classifier for factions, groups etc
6. (preceded by {一|yī}) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc
7. loanwordpi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...
8. loanwordpie

Other readings

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

• pāused in {派司|pā si}

Example sentences

• 在派对上见
  Zài pàiduì shàng jiàn
  See you at the party.
• 一派胡言！
  Yīpàihúyán!
  A bunch of nonsense!
• 我爱派对。
  I love parties.
• 我没去派对。
  I was absent from the party.
• 在派对上见。
  See you at the party.
• 我想做个派。
  I want to make a pie.

Words starting with 派

• 派遣pài qiǎnto send (on a mission); to dispatch
• 派别pài biégroup; sect; clique; faction; school
• 派出所pài chū suǒlocal police station
• 派出pài chūto send; to dispatch
• 派对pài duì(loanword) party
• 派头pài tóumanner; style; panache
• 派生pài shēngto produce (from sth else); to derive (from raw material); derivative
• 派系pài xìsect; faction
• 派兵pài bīngto dispatch troops
• 派驻pài zhùto dispatch (sb) in an official capacity; to be posted…
• 派员pài yuánto dispatch personnel; to send staff (to perform a task or attend an event)
• 派任pài rènto set apart; to assign sb to a job
• 派克Pài kèPike or Peck (name); Parker Pen Company
• 派司pā si(loanword); pass (for gaining admittance); to pass (in a game of bridge etc)
• 派单pài dānto hand out leaflets; (of a platform, e.g. Uber, DiDi) to dispatch orders
• 派定pài dìngto believe; to be convinced
• 派性pài xìngfactionalism; tribalism
• 派上用场pài shàng yòng chǎngto put to good use; to come in handy
• 派送pài sòngto send; to deliver; to distribute
• 派购pài gòufixed government purchase (esp of farm products)
• 派势pài shìstyle; manner
• 派斯托pài sī tuōpesto (Italian sauce) (loanword)
• 派力奥Pài lì àoFiat Palio
• 派克大衣pài kè dà yīparka jacket (loanword)

Words containing 派

• 右派yòu pài(political) right; right wing; rightist
• 气派qì pàiimpressive; stylish; magnificent
• 造反派zào fǎn pàirebel faction
• 流派liú pàitributary (stream); (fig.) school (of thought); genre
• 左派zuǒ pài(political) left; left wing; leftist
• 学派xué pàischool of thought
• 公派gōng pàito send sb abroad at the government's expense
• 帮派bāng pàigang; faction
• 反对派fǎn duì pàiopposition faction
• 党派dǎng pàipolitical party; faction
• 正派zhèng pài(of a person) upright; respectable; decent; (Taiwan) (of a business etc) reputable
• 指派zhǐ pàito assign; to appoint; assignment
• 教派jiào pàisect
• 特派tè pàispecial appointment; special correspondent; task force
• 民主派Mín zhǔ pài(Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats
• 反动派fǎn dòng pàireactionaries
• 选派xuǎn pàito select; to detail; to set apart
• 保守派bǎo shǒu pàiconservative faction
• 走资派zǒu zī pàicapitalist roader…
• 委派wěi pàito appoint
• 印象派yìn xiàng pàiimpressionism
• 什叶派Shí yè pàiShia sect (of Islam)
• 右派分子yòu pài fèn zǐrightist; rightist elements
• 分派fēn pàito assign (a task to different people); to allocate

Characters that look like 派

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

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 旅lǚtrip; travel; to travel
• 浪làngwave; breaker; unrestrained
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 洙zhūname of a river

Sounds the same

Read pài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 湃used in 澎湃
• 哌used in transliteration
• 蒎pinane