派 (pài): (literary) tributary, branch of a river, clique, school, group, faction, (bound form) style, manner
派 (pài) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) tributary.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (structural) and 氏 (structural). It ranks #532 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (literary) tributary
- branch of a river
- clique
- school
- group
- faction
- (bound form) style
- manner
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 派
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 派对noun | pài duì | (loanword) party |
| 帮派noun | bāng pài | gang |
| 派出verb | pài chū | to send |
| 指派verb | zhǐ pài | to assign |
| 派遣verb | pài qiǎn | to send (on a mission) |
| 正派adjective | zhèng pài | (of a person) upright |
| 教派noun | jiào pài | sect |
| 党派noun | dǎng pài | political party |
| 保守派noun | bǎo shǒu pài | conservative faction |
| 分派verb | fēn pài | to assign (a task to different people) |
| 两面派noun | liǎng miàn pài | two-faced person |
| 派别noun | pài bié | group |
| 气派noun | qì pài | impressive |
| 委派verb | wěi pài | to appoint |
| 特派员noun | tè pài yuán | special correspondent |
派 appears in 100 compound words: 24 as the first character, 74 as the last, and 2 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 派 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
公司派他去国外出差，学习先进技术。
Gōngsī pài tā qù guówài chūchāi, xuéxí xiānjìn jìshù.
The company sent him abroad on business to learn advanced technology.
...ali 2025财年业绩:创纪录利润,拟派发2.9欧元股息
. . . a l i 2 0 2 5 cái nián yè jì : chuàng jì lù lì rùn , nǐ pài fā 2 . 9 ōu yuán gǔ xī
... ALI FY2025 results: record profit, proposed dividend of 2.9 euros
一晚6千旅馆见蟑螂尸体 台南观旅局派员稽查
yī wǎn 6 qiān lǚ guǎn jiàn 蟑 螂 shī tǐ tái nán guàn lǚ jú pài yuán jī chá
6,000 hotels saw cockroach corpses in one night, and the Tainan Tourism Bureau sent personnel to inspect
...伊核下午俄乌,特朗普“谈判用人”引争议:派俩房..
. . . yī hé xià wǔ é wū , tè lǎng pǔ tán pàn yòng rén yǐn zhēng yì pā liǎ fáng . .
... Iran nuclear afternoon Russia and Ukraine, Trump's "negotiation with people" attracted controversy: sent two room ...
大年初一暖心事!流浪28年,盐城阜宁东站派出所助流..
dà nián chū yī nuǎn xīn shì ! liú làng nián , yán chéng 阜 nìng dōng zhàn pā chū suǒ zhù liú . .
The first day of the Lunar New Year! After 28 years of wandering, Yancheng Funing East Station Police Station helped...
他们属于哪一个佛教宗派？
Tāmen shǔyú nǎyīge Fójiào zōngpài?
Which Buddhist school of thought do they belong to?
佛教思想分为哪一些宗派？
Fójiào sīxiǎng fēnwéi nǎ yīxiē zōngpài?
Which schools is Buddhist thought divided into?
汤姆派了你们来吗？
Tāngmǔ pài le nǐmen lái ma?
Did Tom send you?
我去那个派对纯粹是为了交际。
Wǒqù nàge pàiduì chúncuì shì wèile jiāojì.
I attended the party just to be sociable.
现代年轻人戴风帽是装一种派头。
Xiàndài niánqīngrén dài fēng mào shì zhuāng yīzhǒng pàitóu.
Currently, having a hood is part of young people's fashion.
Character Family
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