拼 (pīn): to piece together, to put together, to pool (resources etc), to share, to risk all, to go all out
拼 (pīn) is a Chinese character meaning “to piece together.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 并 (phonetic). It ranks #1803 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拼 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to piece together
- to put together
- to pool (resources etc)
- to share
- to risk all
- to go all out
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 拼
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拼命 | pīn mìng | to do one's utmost |
| 拼图 | pīn tú | jigsaw puzzle |
| 拼写 | pīn xiě | to spell |
| 拼搏 | pīn bó | to struggle |
| 拼凑 | pīn còu | to assemble |
| 拼死 | pīn sǐ | to go all out for sth at risk of one's life |
| 拼盘 | pīn pán | sampler platter |
| 拼死拼活 | pīn sǐ pīn huó | one's utmost |
| 拼接 | pīn jiē | to put together |
| 拼版 | pīn bǎn | to typeset |
| 东拼西凑 | dōng pīn xī còu | (idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces |
| 拼抢 | pīn qiǎng | to fight desperately (at the risk of one's life) |
| 拼杀 | pīn shā | to grapple (with the enemy) |
| 有一拼 | yǒu yī pīn | comparable |
| 拼起来 | pīn qi lai | to put together |
拼 appears in 74 compound words: 69 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 16 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 拼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
one's utmost; (to fight or work) desperately hard; to put up a life or death struggle
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 拼.
Example Sentences
妈妈拼着孩子的手，慢慢地过马路。
mā mā pīn zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
Mom held her child's hand tightly as she slowly crossed the street.
探访年轻人的“解压新宠”:在方寸之间“拼”出内心的宁静
tàn fǎng nián qīng rén de jiě yā xīn chǒng : zài fāng cùn zhī jiān pīn chū nèi xīn de nìng jìng
Visiting young people's "new favorites": "fighting" inner peace between square inches
...运通将设新总部 曼哈顿世贸建筑群最后一块拼图补足
. . . yùn tōng jiāng shè xīn zǒng bù 曼 hā dùn shì mào jiàn zhù qún zuì hòu yī kuài pīn tú bǔ zú
... American Express will set up a new headquarters The last piece of the puzzle in the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan is completed
乐天女孩拼了!传升级韩籍啦啦队6本柱 规模称霸联盟...
lè tiān nǚ hái pīn le ! chuán shēng jí hán jí lā lā duì 6 běn zhù guī mó chèn bà lián méng . . .
Lotte girls fight! Rumor upgraded the Korean cheerleading team 6 pillars to dominate the league on a large scale...
2026绿营保守“保五” 4县市拼蓝天换绿地则为大胜
2 0 2 6 lǜ yíng bǎo shǒu bǎo wǔ 4 xiàn shì pīn lán tiān huàn lǜ dì zé wéi dà shèng
The 2026 Green Camp Conservative "Guarantee Five" 4 counties and cities will fight for blue sky for green space, which is a big victory
“我们是谁”:拼写争议背后的加拿大国族认同迷思
wǒ men shì shéi : pīn xiě zhēng yì bèi hòu de jiā ná dà guó zú rèn tóng mí sī
"Who We Are": The Canadian National Identity Myth Behind the Spelling Controversy
汤姆拼命地忍住笑声。
Tāngmǔ pīnmìng de rěn zhù xiàoshēng.
Tom was trying hard not to laugh out loud.
可能你工作得太拼命？
Kěnéng nǐ gōngzuò de tài pīnmìng?
Maybe you're working too hard.
这么拼命工作有什么意义？
Zhème pīnmìng gōngzuò yǒu shénme yìyì?
What's the sense of working so hard?
你怎么拼你的名字的？
Nǐ zěnme pīn nǐ de míngzi de?
How do you spell your name?
Character Family
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