Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
派
pài
Description
"派"这个字可以指有相同想法的一群人，比如学校里的一个小团体。
The character "派" can refer to a group of people who share the same ideas, like a small clique in a school.
它也可以当动词用，意思是让某人去做一件事。
It can also be used as a verb, meaning to send someone to do something.
Meanings
派pài
group, faction, school (of thought)
他们两个人是不同的派。
They belong to different factions.
派pài
to send or assign someone (to do something)
公司派他去北京工作。
The company sent him to work in Beijing.
派pài
measure word for scenes, sounds, or moods
这里是一派好风光。
This place has beautiful scenery.
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Notes
- Etymology
originally meant a branch of a river, later extended to a branch or group of people.
- Nuance
as a verb 派 implies authority sending someone; compare 送 (to deliver/give).
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