pīn
épeler; faire de son mieux; se joindre ensemble; épeler
Practice writing with stroke order guidance, audio pronunciation, and interactive exercises in our mobile app.
Step-by-step stroke order animations
Native speaker audio pronunciation
Interactive writing recognition
我很喜欢拼图。
wǒ hěn xǐhuān pīntú.
I really like jigsaw puzzles.
我们一起拼乐高吧。
wǒmen yīqǐ pīn lègāo ba.
Let's build Legos together.
这个字怎么拼？
zhège zì zěnme pīn?
How do you spell this word?
合 (hé)
combine
并 (bìng)
join
拆 (chāi)
dismantle
散 (sàn)
disperse
The Chinese character 拼 (pīn) is composed of two parts: 氵(shuǐ) and 병 (bǐng). The radical 氵(shuǐ) indicates that the character is related to water, while the phonetic component 병 (bǐng) provides a clue to its pronunciation. The original meaning of 拼 was "to splash water", which later extended to mean "to fight" or "to compete". In modern Chinese, 拼 is commonly used in the sense of "to combine" or "to put together", as in the phrase 拼命 (pīnmìng) meaning "to work hard" or "to fight for one's life". The character can also be used in the sense of "to compare", as in the phrase 拼高低 (pīn gāodī) meaning "to compete for superiority".
