排 (paai4 | pai2 pai3 bai4 bei4) : row; rank; line

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排

paai4

pai2 pai3 bai4 bei4

[1] [n] row; rank; line [2] arrange; put in order; fall in line [3] [n] platoon (military) [4] [v] clear out; drain away; discharge [5] [v] reject; expel; exclude [6] [v] rehearse [7] [n] raft [8] [v] push

Stroke count: 11

Level: 4

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

排

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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排球 paai4 kau4 pai2 qiu2 = volleyball

排骨 paai4 gwat1 = ribs; a skinny or very thin person

西冷排 sai1 laang5*1 paai4 = sirloin steak

大排檔 daai6 paai4 dong3 = street food stall

安排 on1 paai4 an1 pai2 = to arrange for; to organise

呢排 ni1 paai4/4*2 = recently; of late 粵

排隊 paai4 deoi6*2 pai2 dui4 = to queue; to stand in line

並排 bing6 paai4 bing4 pai2 = side by side; abreast

有排 jau5 paai4 = to have a long while 粵

一排 jat1 paai4 yi1 pai2 = a row (line of something)
See all 81 compounds (CantoDict reports 85 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 排

唔知點解呢排成日都頭痛呀。粵
I don't know why I've been getting so many headaches lately.

我呢排食少咗嘢粵
I've recently been eating less.

呢排我成日都睇電視粵
Recently I've been watching tv all day.

近排我一直都捱夜加班粵
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop.
[Lit. recently I always also stay-up-late do-overtime.]

你近排做嘅嘢，我哋好滿意粵
We're satisfied with the work you've done recently.
[Lit. You recently do [particle] things, we [meaningless word] satisfied. Here, 好 has no particular meaning, and just serves to introduce the adjective afterwards.]

今次你真係有排煩粵
Now you've got a whole bunch of problems.
[Lit. This-time you really have unending problems.]

聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently.
[Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]

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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: 排
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