拍板 meaning in English

pāibǎn

wooden clappers (percussion instrument); to beat time with clappers (for a singer)

HSK 7-916 strokes

Meaning of 拍板

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pāibǎn
  1. wooden clappers (percussion instrument)
  2. to beat time with clappers (for a singer)
  3. (auctioneer's) board or gavel
  4. to slap the board to signal a sale; to bring down the gavel
  5. (fig.) to make a decision; to have the final say

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

板 bǎn · board · 8 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 拍板.

黑板hēibǎnblackboard
老板lǎobǎnboss; proprietor
拍照pāizhàoto take a picture
拍摄pāishèto take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
地板dìbǎnfloor
球拍qiúpāi(tennis, badminton etc) racket; (table tennis) paddle; (cricket) bat
拍卖pāimàito auction; auction sale
木板mùbǎnslab; board
拍戏pāixìto shoot a movie
板块bǎnkuàislab; (geology) tectonic plate
叫板jiàobǎnto signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a
甲板jiǎbǎndeck (of a ship or boat)

Questions about 拍板

What does 拍板 mean?

拍板 (pāibǎn) means "wooden clappers (percussion instrument); to beat time with clappers (for a singer)".

How do you write 拍板?

拍板 is made of 2 characters: 拍 (8 strokes), 板 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 拍板 an HSK word?

Yes. 拍板 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.