拍拍 [－－]

Jyutping paak3 paak3
Pinyin pāi pāi

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Min-Nan
    to beat time (with clappers, especially used in Nanguan)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他拍拍我的肩膀。
    他拍拍我的肩膀。
    tā pāi pāi wǒ de jiān bǎng 。
    • He patted me on the shoulder.
  2. Mandarin
    她拍拍她儿子的肩膀。
    她拍拍她兒子的肩膀。
    tā pāi pāi tā ér zi de jiān bǎng 。
    • She patted her son on the shoulder.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你拍拍屁股就想走？冇咁简单！
    你拍拍屁股就想走？冇咁簡單！
    nei5 paak3 paak3 pei3 gu2 zau6 soeng2 zau2? mou5 gam3 gaan2 daan1!
    • You wanna leave like that? Not so easy!
  2. Cantonese
    你拍拍屁股就想走？比钱啊！
    你拍拍屁股就想走？比錢啊！
    nei5 paak3 paak3 pei3 gu2 zau6 soeng2 zau2? bei2 cin2 aa3!
    • You wanna leave just like that? Pay for it!
  3. Cantonese
    拍拍吓拖，佢拎部收音机出嚟听马，咩瘾都冇晒啦！
    拍拍吓拖，佢拎部收音機出嚟聽馬，咩癮都冇晒啦！
    paak3 paak3 haa2 to1, keoi5 ling1 bou6 sau1 jam1 gei1 ceot1 lai4 teng1 maa5, me1 jan5 dou1 mou5 saai3 laa1!
    • We were going out on a romantic date, and he took out a radio for the horse-betting broadcast. That totally spoiled my mood.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    拍拍某人的肩膀
    拍拍某人的肩膀
    pāi pāi mǒu rén de jiān bǎng
    • to tap somebody on the shoulder
  2. Mandarin
    为了这些，就要拉拢一些人，排挤一些人，在同志中吹吹拍拍，拉拉扯扯，把资产阶级政党的庸俗作风也搬进共产党里来了。
    為了這些，就要拉攏一些人，排擠一些人，在同志中吹吹拍拍，拉拉扯扯，把資產階級政黨的庸俗作風也搬進共產黨裏來了。
    wèi le zhè xiē ， jiù yào lā lǒng yī xiē rén ， pái jǐ yī xiē rén ， zài tóng zhì zhōng chuī chuī pāi pāi ， lā lā chě chě ， bǎ zī chǎn jiē jí zhèng dǎng de yōng sú zuò fēng yě bān jìn gòng chǎn dǎng lǐ lái le ．
    • With this aim, they draw some people in, push others out and resort to boasting, flattery and touting among the comrades, thus importing the vulgar style of the bourgeois political parties into the Communist Party.