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HSK 4
Objects →Tools
pái
ハイ
ぱい、ふだ
패, 배
Phonosemantic compound. 片 represents the meaning and 卑 represents the sound.
Components
片 slice+ 卑 lowly =
牌 brand
片 Meaning component
piàn slice
slice, splinter, strip
卑 Phonetic component
bēi lowly
humble, low, inferior
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Notes
Similar Characters
版 printing plate牍 writing (simp)牒 documents牘 writing tablet (trad)牖 lead俾 so that啤 beer埤 increase婢 servant girl捭 open痺 numbness睥 look碑 stele稗 weeds脾 spleen萆 the castor-oil plant蜱 a tick裨 benefit郫 county陴 a parapet on a city wall
Chinese
牌 [pái]
mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal; CL:片[piàn],個|个[gè],塊|块[kuài]
Japanese
牌 パイ 同音
nouncounter mahjong tile
牌 はい 同音

noun

  1. medal; shield; badge
  2. card on which dharani (etc.) are written
  3. notice board (in a Zen temple)
  4. tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
麻雀牌はとってもきれいなものです。
Mahjong tiles are very beautiful.
CHINESE WORDS (169)
品牌 [pǐn​pái] #3,766
brand name
牌子 [pái​zi] #4,561
sign
金牌 [jīn​pái] #7,528
gold medal
车牌 [chē​pái] #5,070
license plate
车牌 [chē​pái] #5,070
license plate
名牌 [míng​pái] #8,790
famous brand
牌照 [pái​zhào] #8,479
(business) licence
招牌 [zhāo​pai] #9,250
signboard
挂牌 [guà​pái] #36,733
lit. to hang up a plate
挂牌 [guà​pái] #36,733
lit. to hang up a plate
159 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (67)
位牌 [いはい] #40,537
Buddhist mortuary tablet
安牌 [あんパイ] #92,296
safe tile
麻雀牌 [マージャンパイ] #93,245
mahjong tile
骨牌 [こっぱい] #94,110
playing cards
安全牌 [あんぜんパイ] #102,264
safe tile
⭐ 歌留多 [カルタ] #102,854
karuta
手牌 [てはい] #123,509
tiles in a player's hand
捨て牌 [すてはい] #126,925
discarded tiles
配牌 [はいパイ] #149,063
starting tiles
⭐ 賞牌 [しょうはい] #153,625
medal
57 more items
KOREAN WORDS (4)
명패
nameplate
문패
doorplate; nameplate
상패
plaque
위패
spirit tablet; ancestral tablet