pāi
to pat
to clap
to slap
to swat
to take (a photo)
to shoot (a film)
racket (sports)
beat (music)
shí pāi
candid photograph
genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
tōu pāi
to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
pāi zi
beat (music)
paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc)
racket (sports)
pāi shè
to film
to shoot (a picture)
hé pāi
in time with (i.e. same rhythm)
to keep in step with
fig. to cooperate
zì pāi
to take a picture or video of oneself
pāi bǎn
clapper-board
auctioneer's hammer
to beat time with clappers
kāi pāi
to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc)
to start the bidding (auction)
to start a trading session (stock market)
pāi àn
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
pāi mài
to auction
auction sale
to sell at a reduced price
zhuā pāi
to capture (an image)
to snap (a photo)
yī pāi jí hé
lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
to hit it off
to click together
to chime in easily
pāi àn jīng qí
to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
amazing!
pāi chū
to sell at auction
to reach a given price at auction
chóu pāi
to prepare to film
to plan a shoot
pāi mǎ pì
to flatter
to fawn on
to butter sb up
toadying
boot-licking
pāi àn jiào jué
lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
amazing!
great!
pāi àn
to beat against the shore (of waves)
pāi mǎ
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom
fig. to encourage
same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
pāi àn ér qǐ
lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
unable to take it any more
yī pāi liǎng sàn
(of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
to separate
liū xū pāi mǎ
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
to toady
boot-licking
pāi fā
to send
to cable (a telegram)
chū kè pāi àn jīng qí
Slap the table in amazement, Part I
first of two books of stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌蒙初
zì pāi mó shì
camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)
zì pāi qì
camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)
Hé lán shì pāi mài
Dutch auction
descending-price auction
dǎ pāi
to beat time
to mark rhythm on drum or clapper boards
pāi yǎn
(dialect) to perform
to act (in a play etc)
pāi zhuān
(slang) to throw brickbats
to criticize harshly
fān pāi
to reproduce photographically
to duplicate
to adapt (as a movie)
to remake (a movie)
adaptation
reproduction
remake
gēn pāi
to document on film the course of events
to follow sb with a camera
pāi pāi pì gu zǒu rén
to make oneself scarce
to slip away
to take a French leave
pāi kè
citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
pāi pó zi
to chase girls
to hang around with girls
tóu pāi
to start shooting (a film)
to invest in (a movie)
to put (sth) up for auction
chuī niú pāi mǎ
to resort to bragging and flattering
chuī pāi
to resort to bragging and flattering
abbr. for 吹牛拍馬|吹牛拍马[chui1 niu2 pai1 ma3]
Chū kè Pāi àn Jīng qí
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
Èr kè Pāi àn Jīng qí
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)
fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute
it takes two to tango
it's difficult to achieve anything without support
diàn wén pāi
electric mosquito swatter