排 (paai4 | pai2) : put in order; row; platoon; discharge

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排

paai4

pai2

[1] [v] put in order; arrange; line up
[2] [n] row; line; rank; order
[3] [n] [military] platoon
[4] [v] discharge; eject; remove; push
[5] [v] rehearse; drill
[6] [n] raft, made of wood or bamboo

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

排

This word has been viewed 12039 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Dec 2014 10:45

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排球 paai4 kau4 pai2 qiu2 = volleyball

重新安排 cung4 san1 on1 paai4 chong2 xin1 an1 pai2 = rearrange

前排 cin4 paai4 qian2 pai2 = front row

排華 paai4 waa4 pai2 hua2 = anti-Chinese; sinophobia; discriminate against the Chinese; persecute Chinese

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

西冷排 sai1 laang5*1 paai4 xi1 leng3 pai2 = 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
See all 86 compounds (CantoDict reports 90 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 9 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.]

我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。粵
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children.
[The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]

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]

陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。粵
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128378]

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