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pài

1. (literary) tributary; branch of a river
2. clique; school; group; faction
3. (bound form) style; manner
4. to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)
5. classifier for factions, groups etc
6. (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc
7. (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...
8. (loanword) pie

pā

1. used in 派司[pa1 si5]