排 pái
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 非 not, negative, non-
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
排练
páiliàn
to rehearse
Characters in this word
练 liàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 柬 card, letter, invitation, note
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 演出前一周，演员们每天都要排练到很晚。 Yǎnchū qián yì zhōu, yǎnyuánmen měitiān dōu yào páiliàn dào hěn wǎn. In the week before the performance, the actors have to rehearse until very late every day.
- 我们在礼堂里排练了一个下午，还是有点紧张。 Wǒmen zài lǐtáng lǐ páiliàn le yí ge xiàwǔ, háishi yǒudiǎn jǐnzhāng. We rehearsed in the hall all afternoon and still felt a bit nervous.
- 老师让学生们再排练一遍，把动作做整齐。 Lǎoshī ràng xuéshengmen zài páiliàn yí biàn, bǎ dòngzuò zuò zhěngqí. The teacher had the students rehearse once more to make their movements uniform.
Related words
- 排 pái row
- 排队 páiduì to line up
- 排球 páiqiú volleyball
- 安排 ānpái to arrange; to plan
- 排 pái to line up; to arrange
- 排名 páimíng ranking
- 排列 páiliè to arrange; to line up
- 排除 páichú to rule out; to remove
- 排放 páifàng to emit, to discharge
- 编排 biānpái to arrange; to organise
- 排查 páichá to investigate and check; to screen
- 排斥 páichì to reject; to exclude; to repel