HSK 6 · Society
派别 pàibié “faction” in Chinese
Traditional 派別
What 派别 means
- faction
- school (of thought)
- sect
- group
- clique
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
- school
How to say 派别
派别 in a sentence
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.

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

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
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Words related to 派别
Words with 派
Words with 别
别bié · don’t别人biéren · other people特别tèbié · special别的biéde · other区别qūbié · difference性别xìngbié · gender分别fēnbié · to part告别gàobié · to say goodbye个别gèbié · individual别墅biéshù · villa
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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.
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.