牌

牌 pái ㄆㄞˊ paai4 HSK 4

signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:块 (塊) kuài ㄎㄨㄞˋ)
brand; trademark
mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:张 (張) zhāng ㄓㄤ)
(bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 词牌 (詞牌) cí pái ㄘˊ ㄆㄞˊ and 曲牌 qǔ pái ㄑㄩˇ ㄆㄞˊ)

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 牌 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

Character breakdown

牌 radical 片 = 片卑

Example sentences

牌没洗开。 The deck was poorly shuffled.
请仔细洗牌。 Please shuffle the cards carefully.
發牌給我們。 Deal us the cards.
我得了金牌。 I won the gold medal.
請發一下牌。 Please deal the cards.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY)