批 (pai1 | pi1) : comment; criticize; batch

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批

pai1

pi1

[1] comment; criticize; approve [2] batch; lot; wholesale [3] [v] slap [4] [粵] pie; cake [5] [粵] land allocation

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

批

This word has been viewed 8254 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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首批 sau2 pai1 shou3 pi1 = first batch

批評 pai1 ping4 pi1 ping2 = to criticize; criticism

批准 pai1 zeon2 pi1 zhun3 = to approve

審批 sam2 pai1 shen3 pi1 = examine and approve

大批 daai6 pai1 da4 pi1 = large quantities

分批 fan1 pai1 fen1 pi1 = in batches; in groups; in turn; in shifts

批判 pai1 pun3 pi1 pan4 = criticize

一批 jat1 pai1 yi1 pi1 = passel; batch; tranche

批改 pai1 goi2 = correct

批發商 pai1 faat3 soeng1 pi1 fa1 shang1 = wholesale store; distributor
See all 34 compounds (CantoDict reports 35 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 批

這些囚犯被分批帶出去槍斃了。國
The prisoners were led out in batches and shot.

大批物資運往災區。
A great amount of goods have been transported to the disaster area.
[Passive voice can often be expressed without using the passive marker 被 or other similar prepositions, esp for written expressions. ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 批
Unicode code for this character: U+6279 (off-site link)

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