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牌páibrand; trademark

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牌 (pái) means "brand; trademark," a "playing card" or "mahjong tile," or a "signboard; plaque; plate." It appears in questions about brands such as 什么牌的 (what brand), in 打牌 (to play cards), and for signs. Cards take the measure word 张, signs take 块.

What does 牌 mean?

  1. 1.

    brand; trademarknoun

  2. 2.

    mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1])noun

  3. 3.

    signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4])noun

What does the character 牌 mean?

  • 牌brand; trademark

How do you use 牌?

牌 for brands often appears as 什么牌的 + noun; for cards, 打牌 means to play cards.

Patterns

  • 什么牌的 + noun

    这是什么牌的车？

    Zhè shì shénme pái de chē?

    What brand of car is this?

What are some examples of 牌 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 1

    你喜欢什么牌的手机？

    Nǐ xǐhuan shénme pái de shǒujī?

    What brand of phone do you like?

  2. HSK 2

    我们一起打牌吧。

    Wǒmen yìqǐ dǎ pái ba.

    Let's play cards together.

  3. HSK 3

    这张牌是我的。

    Zhè zhāng pái shì wǒ de.

    This card is mine.

How is 牌 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    晚上我们做什么？

    Wǎnshang wǒmen zuò shénme?

    What shall we do this evening?

  2. Speaker B:

    来我家打牌吧，我哥哥也在。

    Lái wǒ jiā dǎ pái ba, wǒ gēge yě zài.

    Come to my place to play cards; my older brother will be there too.

  3. Speaker A:

    好啊，我带些水果去。

    Hǎo a, wǒ dài xiē shuǐguǒ qù.

    Sure, I'll bring some fruit.

  4. Speaker B:

    好，七点见。

    Hǎo, qī diǎn jiàn.

    OK, see you at seven.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.