pīn

Traditional: 拼

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Translation

to put together, to spell, to fight hard for

Word origin

A phono-semantic character: the hand radical 扌signals the action of joining, and 并 (bìng) supplies the sound, giving the meaning of to piece or put together.

Origin
phono-semantic
Root
扌(hand radical) + 并 (bìng, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 拼

Examples

Let us put this jigsaw together.

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He fought with all his might for his dream.

Let us share a table for the meal.

Put these wooden blocks together.

拼 (pīn) means to put together, to spell, to fight hard for. It is a verb for assembling parts or striving with full effort.

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This word is part of lesson 21.