派 – vocab dash

派pài

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Meanings

1. (literary) tributary; branch of a river

2. clique; school; group; faction

3. (bound form) style; manner

4. to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)

5. classifier for factions, groups etc

6. (preceded by 一 (yī)) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc

7. (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...

8. (loanword) pie

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Examples6

她tā派pài他tā去qù工作gōngzuò了le。

She laid the work on him.

你nǐ能néng派pài人rén拿ná一些yīxiē衣服yīfu，好hǎo吗ma？

Could you send someone up to pick up some laundry?

我wǒ想xiǎng做zuò个gè派pài。

I want to make a pie.

谁shéi想xiǎng来lái一块yīkuài派pài？

Who wants a slice of pie?

大使dàshǐ是shì为了wèile本国běnguó的de利益lìyì被bèi派pài去qù外国wàiguó撒谎sāhuǎng的de正直zhèngzhí的de人rén。

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

我wǒ好久hǎojiǔ没méi见jiàn我wǒ父母fùmǔ了le，老板lǎobǎn派pài我wǒ去qù英国Yīngguó出差chūchāi，我wǒ趁chèn这个zhège机会jīhuì回家huíjiā看望kànwàng父母fùmǔ

I have not seen my parents in a long time, my boss has sent me to England for a business trip, I'll use the opportunity to visit my parents.