牌 (paai4 | pai2) : board; trademark; cards

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牌

paai4

pai2

[1] board; plate; tablet
[2] trademark; brand; make
[3] cards, dominos, mahjong, etc

There is an optional tone change to paai4*2 on the last syllable of some multisyllabic nouns.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 片 (#91)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

牌

This word has been viewed 16105 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Nov 2013 09:13

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旗牌 kei4 paai4 qi2 pai2 = flag or banner

名牌 ming4 paai4/paai4*2 ming2 pai2 = name brand; name-plate

無牌小販 mou4 paai4 siu2 faan2 wu2 pai2 xiao3 fan4 = unlicensed hawker

車牌 ce1 paai4 = number plate; driving licence

金牌 gam1 paai4 jin1 pai2 = gold medal

銀牌 ngan4 paai4 = silver medal

銅牌 tung4 paai4 = bronze medal

大牌檔 daai6 paai4 dong3 = cooked food stall 粵

招牌 ziu1 paai4 zhao1 pai2 = sign, placard, label; trademark; tradename

橋牌 kiu4 paai4*2 qiao2 pai2 = Bridge (the card game)
See all 107 compounds (CantoDict reports 109 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 牌

你的鞋子是甚麼牌子的 ? 國
What brand are your shoes?

你的鞋子是什麼牌子的 ? 國
What brand are your shoes?

你對鞋係咩(乜)牌子? 粵
What brand are your shoes?

你要什麼品牌的電視機? 國
What brand (type) of TV do you want?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 牌
Unicode code for this character: U+724c (off-site link)

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