拍板

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (拍板)		拍	板
simp. #(拍板)		拍	板

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāibǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞ ㄅㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak³ baan²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phah-pán / phek-pán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāibǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ㄅㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paibǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai¹-pan³
    • Yale: pāi-bǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paibaan
    • Palladius: пайбань (pajbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paak³ baan²
    • Yale: paak báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak⁸ baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag³ ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³ paːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-pán
    • Tâi-lô: phah-pán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phahparn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ pan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-pán
    • Tâi-lô: phik-pán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phekparn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pan⁵³/

Noun

拍板

1. clapper made of two or more flat or slightly rounded pieces of hardwood or bamboo, used in various genres of traditional Chinese music, theater, and narrative

Synonyms

• 板 (bǎn)
• 木板 (mùbǎn)
• 手板 (shǒubǎn)

Related terms

• 鼓板 (gǔbǎn)

Verb

拍板

1. to beat time (with clappers)
2. to bang the gavel
3. (figuratively) to close a deal; to conclude a transaction
4. (figuratively) to make a decision; to have the final say

Synonyms

• (to beat time): (Hokkien) 拍拍
• (to close a deal): 成交 (chéngjiāo)
• (to make a decision):

• 下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
• 下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
• 判決／判决 (pànjué)
• 定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)
• 扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
• 決定／决定 (juédìng)
• 決心／决心 (juéxīn)
• 決意／决意 (juéyì)
• 決斷／决断 (juéduàn)
• 決計／决计 (juéjì)
• 滿意／满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
• 狠心 (hěnxīn)