拍 pāi in a sentence
Beat (shoot - take - [a picture] - send - bat)
拍 (pāi) means Beat (shoot - take - [a picture] - send - bat). Below are 17 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
照片 拍 得很清晰。
Zhàopiàn pāi de hěn qīngxī.
The photograph came out very sharp.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 清晰
他 拍 了 拍 我的肩膀。
Tā pāi le pāi wǒ de jiānbǎng.
He patted me on the shoulder.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 肩膀
亲友们围着新娘 拍 照。
Qīnyǒumen wéizhe xīnniáng pāizhào.
Friends and relatives gathered round the bride to take photographs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 新娘
这个镜头 拍 了整整一天。
Zhège jìngtóu pāi le zhěngzhěng yì tiān.
This shot took a whole day to film.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 镜头
大家一起 拍 了张照片留念。
Dàjiā yìqǐ pāi le zhāng zhàopiàn liúniàn.
Everyone took a photograph together as a keepsake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 留念
他和蔼地 拍 了 拍 孩子的肩膀。
Tā hé'ǎi de pāi le pāi háizi de jiānbǎng.
He patted the child's shoulder kindly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 和蔼
拍 夜景的时候要延长曝光时间。
Pāi yèjǐng de shíhou yào yáncháng bàoguāng shíjiān.
When photographing night scenes you need a longer exposure time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 曝光
看到答案，他恍然大悟地 拍 了 拍 脑袋。
Kàndào dá'àn, tā huǎngrándàwù de pāi le pāi nǎodai.
Seeing the answer, he slapped his forehead as it suddenly clicked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恍然大悟
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From the travel phrasebook
有实 拍 图吗？
Yǒu shípāitú ma?
Do you have real photos of it?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
我已经 拍 照了。
Wǒ yǐjīng pāizhào le.
I've already photographed it.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
请 拍 照发给我。
Qǐng pāizhào fā gěi wǒ.
Please photograph it and send it over.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
可以先 拍 一个吗？
Kěyǐ xiān pāi yí ge ma?
Could I order just one first?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
拍 下我给您改价。
Pāixià wǒ gěi nín gǎijià.
Place the order and I'll adjust the price.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
Questions about 拍
How is 拍 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 拍 (pāi, "Beat (shoot - take - [a picture] - send - bat)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 拍 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 拍 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 拍 an HSK word?
Yes — 拍 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 拍?
The dictionary page for 拍 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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