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拍子 meaning in English

pāizi

beat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc)

11 strokes

Meaning of 拍子

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pāizi
  1. beat (music)
  2. paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc)
  3. racket (sports)

拍子 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā哼hēng着zhe四sì拍pāi子zi的de歌gē。
She hummed a song in four beats.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

拍 pāi · to pat · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

子 zi · noun suffix · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 拍子.

孩子háizichild
儿子érzison
房子fángzihouse; building (single- or two-story)
桌子zhuōzitable; desk
杯子bēizicup; glass
包子bāozibaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子běnzibook; notebook
样子yàngziappearance; manner
日子rìziday; a (calendar) date
椅子yǐzichair
瓶子píngzibottle
例子lìzicase; (for) instance

Questions about 拍子

What does 拍子 mean?

拍子 (pāizi) means "beat (music); paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc)".

How do you write 拍子?

拍子 is made of 2 characters: 拍 (8 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.