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pài
HSK 3freq #751

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

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.tributary of a river
  2. 2.school of thought; sect; branch; camp
  3. 3.style; air; manner
  4. 4.to send; to dispatch
  5. 5.to hand out; to distribute
  6. 6.to apportion; to impose
  7. 7.to censure; to blame
  8. 8.Classifier for a scene, an atmosphere, a speech or a sound.
  9. 9.Classifier for factions, schools of thought, groups, etc.
  10. 10.pi (π); the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
  11. 11.pie
  12. 12.only used in 派司 (pāsi)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *m̥ʰreːɡs): semantic 水 (“water; river”) + phonetic 𠂢. 𠂢 is the original pictogram for this character; 水 was added later to differentiate. ;pi (irrational constant) ;pie

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