拍 pāi

拍 (pāi) is a Chinese character with 8 strokes, taught at HSK level 3. This page gives its meaning, the words it appears in, and characters at the same level.

Meaning

拍 means to pat / to take (a photo) in English.

Meanings in 13 languages

English	to pat / to take (a photo)
Spanish	palmear / fotografiar
Portuguese	bater / fotografar
French	taper / photographier
German	klopfen / fotografieren
Italian	battere / fotografare
Russian	хлопать / фотографировать
Arabic	يربت / يصوّر
Hindi	थपथपाना / फ़ोटो लेना
Indonesian	menepuk / memotret
Vietnamese	vỗ / chụp
Japanese	叩く・撮る
Korean	치다 / 찍다

Stroke order

Stroke-order animation for this character: open the writing tool with 拍 loaded.

Words containing 拍

• 帮我拍照 bāng wǒ pāizhào — please take a photo of me

Characters at the same level