Clap in Chinese (Mandarin): 拍 (pāi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 拍

• 拍

  To clap, to pat. 扌 (hand) is on the left.

  8 strokes

First tone. Clapping is 拍手 (pāi shǒu), and taking a photo is 拍照 (pāizhào).

More examples with 拍

• 大家一起拍手。

  Dàjiā yìqǐ pāi shǒu.

  Everyone claps together.

• 我给小狗拍照。

  我給小狗拍照。

  Wǒ gěi xiǎo gǒu pāizhào.

  I take a picture of the puppy.

How to write 拍 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.