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派

pài

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pā

  1. used in 派司[pa1 si5]

pài · paai3 (Jyutping)

  1. (literary) tributary; branch of a river
  2. clique; school; group; faction
  3. (bound form) style; manner
  4. to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)
  5. classifier for factions, groups etc
  6. (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc
  7. (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...
  8. (loanword) pie

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

派

Meaning
school of thought, sect, branch
Radical
氵
Strokes
9
Components
⿰氵⿸?氏
Cangjie
EHHV
Four-corner
3213.2

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