排 paai⁴ {pái}

(verb) 1. Rehearse; 2. defecate (feces) or discharge (waste)

排 paai⁴ {pái}

1. a row
2. a line
3. to set in order
4. to arrange
5. to line up
6. to eliminate
7. to drain
8. to push open
9. platoon
10. raft
11. classifier for lines, rows etc

排隊〔-队〕 paai⁴ deoi² {pái duì}

queue up

排灌 paai⁴ gun³ {pái guàn}

Irrigation and drainage

排洩〔-泄〕 paai⁴ sit³ {pái xiè}

to eliminate waste from the body; to excrete

排闥〔-闼〕 paai⁴ taat³ {pái tà}

to push the door; to break open the door

排位 paai⁴ wai² {pái wèi}

ranking

排字 paai⁴ zi⁶ {pái zì}

Typeset; typesetting

排版 paai⁴ baan² {pái bǎn}

typesetting

排比 paai⁴ bei² {pái bǐ}

parallelism (grammar)

排便 paai⁴ bin⁶ {pái biàn}

to defecate

排查 paai⁴ caa⁴ {pái chá}

1. to inspect
2. to run through a checklist
3. to take stock
4. to audit

排除 paai⁴ ceoi⁴ {pái chú}

1. to eliminate
2. to remove
3. to exclude
4. to rule out

排出 paai⁴ ceot¹ {pái chū}

to discharge

排翅 paai⁴ ci³ {pái chì}

whole-piece shark's fin

排斥 paai⁴ cik¹ {pái chì}

1. to reject
2. to exclude
3. to eliminate
4. to remove
5. to repel

排錯〔-错〕 paai⁴ co³ {pái cuò}

1. troubleshooting
2. debugging
3. debug
4. erratum
5. to arrange in incorrect sequence

排槍〔-枪〕 paai⁴ coeng¹ {pái qiāng}

1. volley
2. salvo

排場〔-场〕 paai⁴ coeng⁴ {pái chang}

1. ostentation
2. a show of extravagance
3. grand style
4. red tape

排隊〔-队〕 paai⁴ deoi² {pái duì}

to line up

排定 paai⁴ ding⁶ {pái dìng}

to schedule

排擋〔-挡〕 paai⁴ dong³ {pái dǎng}

gear (of car etc)

排檔〔-档〕 paai⁴ dong³ {pái dàng}

stall (of market etc)

排毒 paai⁴ duk⁶ {pái dú}

1. to expel poison (from the system)
2. to detox

排放 paai⁴ fong³ {pái fàng}

1. emission
2. discharge
3. exhaust (gas etc)

排解 paai⁴ gaai² {pái jiě}

1. to mediate
2. to reconcile
3. to make peace
4. to intervene

排檢〔-检〕 paai⁴ gim² {pái jiǎn}

1. to arrange for ease of search
2. to catalogue for retrieval

排骨 paai⁴ gwat¹ {pái gǔ}

1. pork chop
2. pork cutlet
3. spare ribs

排客 paai⁴ haak³ {pái kè}

1. paid queuer
2. person paid to stand in line for another

排行 paai⁴ hang⁴ {pái háng}

1. to rank
2. ranking
3. seniority (among siblings)

排氣〔-气〕 paai⁴ hei³ {pái qì}

to ventilate

排遣 paai⁴ hin² {pái qiǎn}

to divert oneself from loneliness

排空 paai⁴ hung¹ {pái kōng}

to fly up to the sky

排洪 paai⁴ hung⁴ {pái hóng}

to drain flood-water

排印 paai⁴ jan³ {pái yìn}

typesetting and printing

排入 paai⁴ jap⁶ {pái rù}

1. to discharge into
2. to secrete into

排猶〔-犹〕 paai⁴ jau⁴ {pái yóu}

1. to eliminate Jews
2. antisemitism

排演 paai⁴ jin² {pái yǎn}

to rehearse (a performance)

排球 paai⁴ kau⁴ {pái qiú}

1. volleyball
2. CL: 個

排雷 paai⁴ leoi⁴ {pái léi}

mine clearance

排卵 paai⁴ leon² {pái luǎn}

to ovulate

排律 paai⁴ leot⁶ {pái lǜ}

long poem in lüshi form 律詩

排練〔-练〕 paai⁴ lin⁶ {pái liàn}

1. to rehearse
2. rehearsal

排列 paai⁴ lit⁶ {pái liè}

1. array
2. arrangement
3. permutation (i.e. ordered choice of n elements out of m)

排量 paai⁴ loeng⁶ {pái liàng}

1. discharge volume
2. engine capacity
3. engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle)

排澇〔-涝〕 paai⁴ lou⁶ {pái lào}

to drain flooded fields

排名 paai⁴ ming⁴ {pái míng}

1. ranking
2. ordered list
3. to rank nth out of 100
4. to be placed
5. roll of honor

排舞 paai⁴ mou⁵ {pái wǔ}

1. a dance in formation
2. choreographed dance
3. line dance

排偶 paai⁴ ngau⁵ {pái ǒu}

parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)

排外 paai⁴ ngoi⁶ {pái wài}

1. xenophobic
2. anti-foreigner

排尿 paai⁴ niu⁶ {pái niào}

to urinate

排炮 paai⁴ paau³ {pái pào}

1. to fire a salvo
2. broadside
3. cannonade

排笙 paai⁴ saang¹ {pái shēng}

reed-pipe wind instrument with a keyboard

排射 paai⁴ se⁶ {pái shè}

1. a barrage of fire
2. a salvo

排水 paai⁴ seoi² {pái shuǐ}

to drain

排泄 paai⁴ sit³ {pái xiè}

1. to drain (factory waste etc)
2. to excrete (urine, sweat etc)

排蕭〔-萧〕 paai⁴ siu¹ {pái xiāo}

panpipe

排簫〔-箫〕 paai⁴ siu¹ {pái xiāo}

1. xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom
2. also translated as pan pipes

排他 paai⁴ taa¹ {pái tā}

1. exclusive
2. excluding

排屋 paai⁴ uk¹ {pái wū}

terraced house

排華〔-华〕 paai⁴ waa⁴ {pái huá}

1. anti-Chinese (policies, actions, sentiments etc)
2. Sinophobia

排遺〔-遗〕 paai⁴ wai⁴ {pái yí}

1. feces
2. excrement
3. scat
4. droppings
5. to egest
6. to get (one's feelings) out
7. to rid oneself (of a thought)

排污 paai⁴ wu¹ {pái wū}

to drain sewage

排擠〔-挤〕 paai⁴ zai¹ {pái jǐ}

1. to crowd out
2. to push aside
3. to supplant

排序 paai⁴ zeoi⁶ {pái xù}

1. to sort
2. to arrange in order

排長〔-长〕 paai⁴ zoeng² {pái zhǎng}

1. platoon leader
2. sergeant

排長龍〔-长龙〕 paai⁴ coeng⁴ lung⁴ {pái cháng lóng}

to be in a long queue

排骨仔 paai⁴ gwat¹ zai² {pái gǔ zǐ}

noun; skinny man

排骨精 paai⁴ gwat¹ zing¹ {pái gǔ jīng}

noun;skinny person

排排坐 paai⁴ paai⁴ co⁵ {pái pái zuò}

to sitting together in a row

排他性 paai⁴ taa¹ sing³ {pái tā xìng}

Excludability

排頭位〔-头-〕 paai⁴ tau⁴ wai² {pái tóu wèi}

to be in the first place in a queue

排風口〔-风-〕 paai⁴ fung¹ hau² {pái fēng kǒu}

exhaust vent

排行榜 paai⁴ hang⁴ bong² {pái háng bǎng}

1. the charts (of best-sellers)
2. table of ranking

排氣管〔-气-〕 paai⁴ hei³ gun² {pái qì guǎn}

exhaust pipe

排氣孔〔-气-〕 paai⁴ hei³ hung² {pái qì kǒng}

1. an air vent
2. a ventilation shaft

排名表 paai⁴ ming⁴ biu² {pái míng biǎo}

1. league table
2. roll of honor

排名榜 paai⁴ ming⁴ bong² {pái míng bǎng}

1. ranking
2. ordered list
3. top 20
4. roll of honor
5. to come nth out of 100

排瀉物〔-泻-〕 paai⁴ se³ mat⁶ {pái xiè wù}

excrement

排水管 paai⁴ seoi² gun² {pái shuǐ guǎn}

1. drainpipe
2. waste pipe

排水口 paai⁴ seoi² hau² {pái shuǐ kǒu}

1. plughole
2. drainage hole

排水孔 paai⁴ seoi² hung² {pái shuǐ kǒng}

1. plughole
2. drainage hole

排水溝〔--沟〕 paai⁴ seoi² kau¹ {pái shuǐ gōu}

gutter

排水渠 paai⁴ seoi² keoi⁴ {pái shuǐ qú}

drainage

排水量 paai⁴ seoi² loeng⁶ {pái shuǐ liàng}

displacement

排泄物 paai⁴ sit³ mat⁶ {pái xiè wù}

1. excrement
2. waste

排頭兵〔-头-〕 paai⁴ tau⁴ bing¹ {pái tóu bīng}

1. lit. frontline troops
2. leader
3. trailblazer
4. pacesetter

排灣族〔-湾-〕 paai⁴ waan¹ zuk⁶ {Pái wān zú}

Paiwan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

排污管 paai⁴ wu¹ gun² {pái wū guǎn}

sewer

排除異己〔--异-〕 paai⁴ ceoi⁴ ji⁶ gei² {pái chú yì jǐ}

to eliminate people who hold different opinions or people from different associations

排除萬難〔--万难〕 paai⁴ ceoi⁴ maan⁶ naan⁴ {pái chú wàn nàn}

Against all odds

排外主義〔---义〕 paai⁴ ngoi⁶ zyu² ji⁶ {pái wài zhǔ yì}

xenophobia; exclusivism; antiforeignism

排查故障 paai⁴ caa⁴ gu³ zoeng³ {pái chá gù zhàng}

1. to troubleshoot
2. to check components individually for problems
3. troubleshooting

排擋速率〔-挡--〕 paai⁴ dong³ cuk¹ leot² {pái dǎng sù lǜ}

1. gear
2. gear speed

排起長隊〔--长队〕 paai⁴ hei² coeng⁴ deoi² {pái qǐ cháng duì}

to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting)

排憂解難〔-忧-难〕 paai⁴ jau¹ gaai² naan⁴ {pái yōu jiě nàn}

to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)

排猶主義〔-犹-义〕 paai⁴ jau⁴ zyu² ji⁶ {pái yóu zhǔ yì}

antisemitism

排列次序 paai⁴ lit⁶ ci³ zeoi⁶ {pái liè cì xù}

1. ranking
2. ordering in list

排列名次 paai⁴ lit⁶ ming⁴ ci³ {pái liè míng cì}

1. league table
2. ordered list

排難解紛〔-难-纷〕 paai⁴ naan⁴ gaai² fan¹ {pái nàn jiě fēn}

to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences

排山倒海 paai⁴ saan¹ dou² hoi² {pái shān dǎo hǎi}

1. lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
2. fig. gigantic
3. of spectacular significance

排洩系統〔-泄-统〕 paai⁴ sit³ hai⁶ tung² {pái xiè xì tǒng}

1. drainage system
2. excretory system

排華法案〔-华--〕 paai⁴ waa⁴ faat³ on³ {pái Huá fǎ àn}

Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943

排污地下主管網〔------网〕 paai⁴ wu¹ dei⁶ haa⁶ zyu² gun² mong⁵ {pái wū dì xià zhǔ guǎn wǎng}

underground sewage network