HSK 6 · Society

派别 pàibié “faction” in Chinese

Traditional 派別

What 派别 means

  1. faction
  2. school (of thought)
  3. sect
  4. group
  5. clique
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • school

How to say 派别

    派别 in a sentence

    1. 这位画家不属于任何派别。

      Zhè wèi huàjiā bù shǔyú rènhé pàibié.

      This painter doesn’t belong to any school.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    2. 武术有很多不同的派别。

      Wǔshù yǒu hěn duō bùtóng de pàibié.

      There are many different schools of martial arts.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    How 派别 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 派 (pài) drawn as one shape
    派pàitributary; branch of a river

    派 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

    The character 别 (bié) with each of its parts in a different colour
    别biéto leave; to part
    • 另another · lìng
    • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

    Memory aidA knife 刂 cutting things apart: to separate. As a command, 别 means “don't”.

    How to write 派别

    派 9 strokes · 别 7 strokes

    Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

    派别 (pàibié) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 派别 (pàibié). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 派别

    Words with 派

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    FAQs

    派别 (pàibié) means “faction” or “school (of thought)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
    Say it pàibié: pàibié. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 派别 is written 派別. The pronunciation is the same.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type paibie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 派别 from the suggestions. Typing paibie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    派别 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.