派 pài
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
派别
pàibié
faction; school; sect
Characters in this word
别 bié
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 另 another 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个学术派别强调经验研究，而不是纯粹的理论推演。 Zhè ge xuéshù pàibié qiángdiào jīngyàn yánjiū, ér bù shì chúncuì de lǐlùn tuīyǎn. This academic school emphasises empirical research rather than purely theoretical deduction.
- 画家们分成了几个不同的派别。 Huàjiāmen fēnchéng le jǐ gè bùtóng de pàibié. The painters split into several different schools.
- 公司里有两个派别，经常意见不合。 Gōngsī lǐ yǒu liǎng gè pàibié, jīngcháng yìjiàn bù hé. There are two cliques in the company, and they often disagree.
Related words
- 派 pài group; to send
- 流派 liúpài school; genre
- 派遣 pàiqiǎn to dispatch; to send
- 气派 qìpài impressive style; imposing manner
- 别 bié don't; other
- 别的 biéde other, else
- 别人 biérén other people, others
- 特别 tèbié especially; very
- 分别 fēnbié separately; to part
- 告别 gàobié to say goodbye
- 区别 qūbié difference
- 性别 xìngbié gender