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CHINESE CHARACTER

pái

排

排

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arrange

Numbered pinyin
pai2
English meanings
stand in line, arrange, put in order, sequence

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 非.

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    非

Meaning & sound clues

扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.

非 is identified as the sound component (fēi). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 排.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌非

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    qǐng请páiduì排队。

    Please line up.

  2. 02

    pái排chéng成liǎng两pái排。

    Form two rows.

  3. 03

    tā他pái排zài在qiánmian前面。

    He's at the front of the line.

  4. 04

    bǎ把shū书pái排hǎo好。

    Arrange the books.

  5. 05

    pái排zhe着duì队mǎi买piào票。

    Queue to buy tickets.

  6. 06

    zuò坐hòu后pái排。

    Sit in the back row.

Explore words connected to this character.

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  • 排行榜
  • 排队
  • 排除
  • 编排