派 (paai3 | pai4) : faction; group; style; manner; send; censure

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派

paai3

pai4

[1] [n] faction; group; school, clique, sect
[2] [n] style; manner; air; flair; taste
[3] [v] send; appoint; dispatch; assign; apportion
[4] [classifier] used to describe a speech, a scene, an atmosphere, etc
[5] [v] censure; criticize; accuse
[6] [國] [loanword] pie | [粵] 批

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

派

This word has been viewed 11192 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Apr 2015 15:22

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派對 paai3 deoi3 pai4 dui4 = party

派司 paa1 si2 pa1 si5 = a pass; to pass

反對派 faan2 deoi3 paai3 fan3 dui4 pai4 = opposition faction

正派 zing3 paai3 zheng4 pai4 = upright; honest; decent

派士 paa1 si2 = variant of 派司

派士砵 paa1 si6*2 but3 = passport (as a phonetic loanword) 粵

派籌 paai3 cau4*2 pai4 chou2 = chips allotment, quota

派信 paai3 seon3 pai4 xin4 = to deliver mail / letters

騎牆派 ke4 coeng4 paai3 qi2 qiang2 pai4 = fence-sitter

派兵 paai3 bing1 pai4 bing1 = deploy troops
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琴晚個派對十分之熱鬧呀！粵
The party yesterday night was extremely lively (and exciting)!
[the word "排對" is incorrect. we should say "派對"]

我架車壞咗，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！粵
My car's broken down, quickly send out a repair truck!
[Lit. I [counter] car broken-already, you faster send-out [counter] drag-car come [particle]!]

我架車死咗火，你快啲派架拖車嚟啦！粵
My car's packed up, quickly send out a repair truck!
[Lit. My [counter] car die-already fire, you faster send [counter] drag-car come [particle]! 死咗火 is more commonly used than 壞咗.]

政府打算加派警察出街巡邏。粵
The government intends to increase the number of policemen on the beat.
[A typical Cantonese sentence uses more verbs than the English version.]

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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.
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