Keyword
to clap
- to tap
- to hit
- to beat
- to slap
- beat
- rhythm
- Frequency
- #779
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
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Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 白 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
拍
to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
拍摄
to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
拍照
to take a picture
拍卖
to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price
自拍
to take a picture or video of oneself; to take a selfie; a selfie
偷拍
to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent
拍片
to shoot a film; to have a medical imaging procedure
拍电影
to make a movie
节拍
beat (music); meter
拍打
to pat; to slap; (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
拍卖会
auction
实拍
candid photograph; genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
拍戏
to shoot a movie
开拍
to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc); to start the bidding (auction); to start a trading session (stock market)
拍手
to clap one's hands
合拍
in time with (i.e. same rhythm); to keep in step with; fig. to cooperate
翻拍
to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc; a reproduction; to remake a movie or TV series; a remake; to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie; an adaptation
拍拖
(dialect) to date sb
拍马屁
to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; bootlicking
拍子
beat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc); racket (sports)
拍板
wooden clappers (percussion instrument); to beat time with clappers (for a singer); (auctioneer's) board or gavel; to slap the board to signal a sale; to bring down the gavel; (fig.) to make a decision; to have the final say
拍档
partner
自拍照
selfie
航拍
aerial photography (video or still)