Dictionary/牌

牌

pái

ㄆㄞˊ
NHSK 4core 10k
1signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4])
2brand; trademark
3mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1])
4(bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])

Characters

Example

pái牌méi没xǐ洗kāi开。
牌没洗开。
The deck was poorly shuffled.