拍板
pāi bǎn
Pinyin

Definition

拍板
 - 
pāi bǎn
  1. clapper-board
  2. auctioneer's hammer
  3. to beat time with clappers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拍
pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
模板
mú bǎn
  1. 1 template
  2. 2 (architecture) formwork
老板
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
主板
zhǔ bǎn
  1. 1 motherboard (computing)
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
刻板
kè bǎn
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 inflexible
  3. 3 mechanical
  4. 4 stubborn
  5. 5 to cut blocks for printing
叫板
jiào bǎn
  1. 1 to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
  2. 2 (coll.) to challenge
合拍
hé pāi
  1. 1 in time with (i.e. same rhythm)
  2. 2 to keep in step with
  3. 3 fig. to cooperate
地板
dì bǎn
  1. 1 floor
天花板
tiān huā bǎn
  1. 1 ceiling
实拍
shí pāi
  1. 1 candid photograph
  2. 2 genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
平板
píng bǎn
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 plate
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 monotonous
  5. 5 tablet (computer)
抓拍
zhuā pāi
  1. 1 to capture (an image)
  2. 2 to snap (a photo)
拍出
pāi chū
  1. 1 to sell at auction
  2. 2 to reach a given price at auction
拍客
pāi kè
  1. 1 citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
拍戏
pāi xì
  1. 1 to shoot a movie
拍手
pāi shǒu
  1. 1 to clap one's hands
拍打
pāi da
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to slap
  3. 3 (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb

Idioms (8)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
  1. 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking

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