派
pàipā HSK3

school of thought, faction

派 pài frequency
dispatch verb
to send, appoint, or dispatch a person; to allocate resources or tasks

总部派了一名工程师来解决问题。

zǒng​bù pài le yī míng gōng​chéng​shī lái jiě​jué wèn​tí.

Headquarters sent an engineer to solve the problem.

pie noun
a baked food item consisting of a filling in a pastry crust

你想吃苹果派吗？

nǐ xiǎng chī píng​guǒ pài ma?

Would you like some apple pie?

classifier (atmosphere) measure word
classifier used with 'yi' (一 yī) to characterize a scene, atmosphere, sound, or demeanor

湖边是一派宁静的景象。

hú biān shì yī pài níng​jìng de jǐng​xiàng.

The lakeside is a scene of tranquility.

faction measure word
a group, school of thought, clique, or political faction

他是那一派的领袖。

tā shì nà yī pài de lǐng​xiù.

He is the leader of that faction.

classifier (groups) measure word
classifier for political factions, schools of thought, or specific groups

这两派意见完全不同。

zhè liǎng pài yì​jiàn wán​quán bù​tóng.

These two schools of thought hold completely different opinions.

pi verb
the Greek letter pi (π) representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter

派是一个无理数。

pài shì yī gè wú​lǐ​shù.

Pi is an irrational number.

style noun
a particular manner, style, or demeanor

他举手投足间，总带着一股儒雅的学者派。

tā jǔ​shǒu​tóu​zú jiān, zǒng dài zhe yī gǔ rú​yǎ de xué​zhě pài.

In every move he makes, there's always a touch of refined scholarly style.

tributary measure word
a branch of a river or a tributary

这里的河水在山谷出口处分成了两派。

zhè​lǐ de hé​shuǐ zài shān​gǔ chū​kǒu​chù fēn​chéng le liǎng pài.

The river here splits into two branches at the mouth of the valley.

派 pā
pass verb
used in the loanword 派司 pā​si for "pass"

进门时请向保安出示派司。

jìn mén shí qǐng xiàng bǎo'ān chū​shì pā​si.

Please show your pass to the security guard when entering.

Frequency
Character
Written text
532nd most common 396.6 per million
Movie subtitles
530th most common 271.2 per million appears in 61% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
178.9 per million appears in 42% of films
Written text
136.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6D3E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)