拼 (pīn) — to piece together, to put together; to go all out, to risk (one's life)
Definition
拼 covers two distinct senses: 'to piece together' (physical fragments, as in 把碎片拼起来) and 'to go all out / risk everything' (拼搏). For the 'risk it all' sense, 豁 (豁出去) is the more colloquial near-synonym meaning to throw caution away.
verb
to piece togetherto put togetherto go all outto risk (one's life)
Easily confused
Examples
- 拼。Qǐng bǎ zhè liǎng zhāng zhǐ pīn qǐ lái.Please glue these two pieces of paper together.
- 拼。Qǐng bǎ zhè xiē suì piàn pīn qǐ lái.Please piece these fragments together.
- ，拼。Wèi le zhè cì kǎo shì, tā zhēn de hěn pīn.For this exam, he really went all out.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
In 拼, the left part 扌 shows a hand, and the right part 并 gives the sound.
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