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pài

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pài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pài | pai4
English translation
turbulent, surging; the sound of waves crashing

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About pài

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

pài

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of pài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵拜

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

bài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and bài represents the sound.

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Example sentences using pài

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雷德福有时 yǒu shí huì 任由 rèn yóu 自己 zìjǐ 热情 rèqíng 澎湃 péng pài

Radford some-times allows his enthusiasm to run away with him.

海浪 hǎi làng 变得 biàn de 汹涌澎湃小船 xiǎo chuán xiàng 漂浮 piāofú de 软木塞 ruǎn mù sāi 一样 yīyàng 抛来 shuǎi

The seas grew turbulent, tossing the small boat like a cork.

见到 jiàn dào 进入 jìn rù 房间 fángjiān huì ràng 心中 xīn zhōng 欲望 yùwàng 澎湃 péng pài

The sight of him entering a room could flood her with desire.

Words with pài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
澎湃 péng pài to surge澎湃 péng pài
心潮澎湃 xīn cháo péng pài to be overwhelmed by emotions心潮澎湃 xīn cháo péng pài
pài sound of waves pài

pài Decomposition & Compounds

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