Chinese words starting with “pai”
19 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable pai. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 5 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial p · final ai · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 5
- 2nd tone 10
- 4th tone 4
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 拍摄pāi shèHSK 5
to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
- 排队pái duìHSK 2
to line up
- 排名pái míngHSK 3
to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
- 牌子pái ziHSK 3
sign; trademark; brand
- 排球pái qiúHSK 2
volleyball
All 19 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 拍 | pāi | v,q,g | to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) | |
| 2 | 派 | pài | v,n,q | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 3 | 排 | pái | v,q,n | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 4 | 牌 | pái | n | mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal | |
| 5 | 排除 | pái chú | v,vn | to eliminate; to remove; to exclude; to rule out | |
| 6 | 拍照 | pāi zhào | v,vn | to take a picture | |
| 7 | 拍卖 | pāi mài | v,vn | to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price | |
| 8 | 派出 | pài chū | v,vn | to send; to dispatch | |
| 9 | 排练 | pái liàn | v,vn | to rehearse; rehearsal | |
| 10 | 排斥 | pái chì | v,vn | to reject; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to repel | |
| 11 | 排列 | pái liè | v,vn | to arrange in order; (math.) permutation | |
| 12 | 牌照 | pái zhào | n | (business) license; vehicle license; car registration; license plate | |
| 13 | 徘徊 | pái huái | v,vn | to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate | |
| 14 | 派遣 | pài qiǎn | v,vn | to send (on a mission); to dispatch | |
| 15 | 排放 | pái fàng | vn,v | to arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc); (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen | |
| 16 | 排行榜 | pái háng bǎng | n | the charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking | |
| 17 | 拍戏 | pāi xì | v | to shoot a movie | |
| 18 | 派别 | pài bié | n | group; sect; clique; faction; school | |
| 19 | 拍板 | pāi bǎn | v | clapper-board; auctioneer's hammer; to beat time with clappers |
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