拼 meaning in English

pīn

to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share

HSK 5verb9 strokes

Meaning of 拼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pīn

to piece together; to put together
to pool (resources etc); to share
to risk all; to go all out
to spell (words)

How to use 拼

拼 is used for putting pieces together, for spelling words, and for going all out when things get hard. In daily life you often hear 拼命 (pīnmìng) and 拼写 (pīnxiě). Example: 他为了工作一直在拼。(Tā wèile gōngzuò yìzhí zài pīn.) He has been going all out for his job.

拼 has the hand radical 扌 on the left and 并 (bìng, side by side, together) on the right. Picture your hand pushing pieces side by side until they fit, like a jigsaw puzzle 拼图 (pīntú).

Common mistake: Learners often write the right side as 井 (jǐng, well) instead of 并, which starts with two short dots at the top. Also keep the first tone pīn and do not confuse it with 品 (pǐn, product).

拼 in example sentences

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

你nǐ怎zěn么me拼pīn你nǐ的de名míng字zì的de？

How do you spell your name?

可kě能néng你nǐ工gōng作zuò得de太tài拼pīn命mìng？

Maybe you're working too hard.

她tā犯fàn了le很hěn多duō拼pīn写xiě错cuò误wù。

She made a lot of spelling mistakes.

怎zěn样yàng给gěi汉hàn字zì加jiā拼pīn音yīn？

How do I add pinyin to Chinese characters?

我wǒ拼pīn命mìng地dì跑pǎo，但dàn还hái是shì错cuò过guò了le末mò班bān车chē。

I ran as fast as I could, but I missed the last train.

Stroke order for each character

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拼 pīn · to piece together · 9 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 拼.

拼命	pīnmìng	to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's lif
拼搏	pīnbó	to struggle; to wrestle
拼图	pīntú	jigsaw puzzle; to do a jigsaw puzzle
拼写	pīnxiě	to spell
打拼	dǎpīn	to work hard; to try to make a living
拼凑	pīncòu	to assemble; to put together
火拼	huǒpīn	see 火併\|火并[huo3 bing4]
拼死	pīnsǐ	to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
拼字	pīnzì	to spell; spelling
拼错	pīncuò	to misspell; to piece together incorrectly

Questions about 拼

What does 拼 mean?

拼 (pīn) means "to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 拼?

拼 is made of 1 character: 拼 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 拼 an HSK word?

Yes. 拼 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What does 拼音 mean and how is it related to 拼?

拼音 (pīnyīn) literally means putting sounds together. It is the romanization system for Mandarin, where you combine an initial and a final to spell a syllable. This matches the spelling sense of 拼.

What is 拼单 or 拼车 in modern Chinese?

These use the sharing sense of 拼. 拼车 (pīnchē) means to share a car ride, and 拼单 (pīndān) means to combine orders with other people to get a better price, common on shopping apps.