1clique; school; group; faction
2style; manner
3classifier for factions, groups etc
4(loanword) pie
5(literary) tributary; branch of a river
6to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)
7(preceded by 一) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc
8(loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio π = 3.14159...
Examples
nǐ你bì xū必须pài派rén人qù去qǐng请yī shēng医生lái来。
你必须派人去请医生来。
You must send for the doctor.
你最好派人去请医生来。
You'd better send for a doctor.
她指派他做这个工作。
She assigned him to the job.