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牌

pái

HSK 4 Character Measure word 块、张

What 牌 means

1. signboard; plaque; plate; tablet
2. brand; trademark
3. mahjong tile; domino; playing card
4. bound formfixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in {词牌|cí pái} and {曲牌|qǔ pái})

Example sentences

• 牌没洗开。
  The deck was poorly shuffled.
• 我得了金牌。
  Wǒ déle jīnpái.
  I won the gold medal.
• 发牌给我们。
  Fāpái gěi wǒmen.
  Deal us the cards.
• 请仔细洗牌。
  Qǐng zǐxì xǐpái.
  Please shuffle the cards carefully.
• 请发一下牌。
  Please deal the cards.
• 我不想玩纸牌。
  Wǒ bù xiǎng wán zhǐpái.
  I don't want to play cards.

Words starting with 牌

• 牌子pái zisign; trademark; brand
• 牌照pái zhào(business) license; vehicle license; car registration
• 牌坊pái fāngmemorial arch
• 牌价pái jiàlist price
• 牌楼pái loudecorated archway
• 牌位pái wèimemorial tablet
• 牌匾pái biǎnboard (attached to a wall)
• 牌号pái hàotrademark
• 牌型pái xínghand (in mahjong or card games)
• 牌局pái júgambling get-together; game of cards, mahjong etc
• 牌戏pái xìa card game
• 牌组pái zǔset of cards (e.g. hand, suit, deck or meld etc)
• 牌桌pái zhuōmahjong table; card table; gambling table; gaming table
• 牌九pái jiǔpai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)

Words containing 牌

• 名牌míng páifamous brand; nameplate; name tag
• 品牌pǐn páibrand; brand name
• 登机牌dēng jī páiboarding pass
• 招牌zhāo paisignboard; shop sign; reputation of a business
• 金牌jīn páigold medal
• 打牌dǎ páito play mahjong or cards
• 车牌chē páivehicle license plate
• 挂牌guà páilit. to hang up a plate; to open up for business; listed (on stock market)
• 广告牌guǎng gào páibillboard
• 王牌wáng pái(card games) trump card; (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
• 老牌lǎo páiold, well-known brand; old style; old school; an old hand; experienced veteran
• 扑克牌pū kè páipoker (card game); playing card
• 纸牌zhǐ páiplaying card
• 门牌mén páidoor plate; house number
• 路牌lù páistreet sign; road sign; street nameplate
• 站牌zhàn páibus stop sign; train station sign
• 奖牌jiǎng páimedal (awarded as a prize)
• 盾牌dùn páishield; pretext; excuse
• 标牌biāo páilabel; tag; sign; (brass etc) inscribed plate
• 铜牌tóng páibronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc
• 银牌yín páisilver medal
• 玩牌wán páito play cards; to play mahjong
• 杂牌zá páiinferior brand; little-known brand
• 桥牌qiáo páicontract bridge (card game)

Characters built on 卑

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

• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant
• 捭bǎito spread out; to open

Characters that look like 牌

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

• 脾píspleen
• 裨bìto benefit; to aid; advantageous
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 湃pàiused in 澎湃
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant
• 睥pìused in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì

Sounds the same

Read pái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 排to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 徘used in 徘徊
• 俳(literary) comic performance; jesting
• 棑raft; shield; stern of junk
• 簰bamboo raft
• 輫carriage (archaic)