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拼

pīn · pin

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

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Meaning

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  1. to piece together
  2. to join together
  3. to stake all
  4. adventurous
  5. at the risk of one's life
  6. to spell
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A thousand-piece puzzle

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)拼(pīn)一个(yīgè)一千块(yīqiānkuài)的(de)拼图(pīntú)。

    I'm putting together a thousand-piece jigsaw.

  2. Liangliang

    一千块(yīqiānkuài)？你(nǐ)拼(pīn)了(le)多久(duōjiǔ)？

    A thousand pieces? How long have you worked on it?

  3. Dengdeng

    拼(pīn)了(le)三天(sāntiān)，还(hái)差(chà)一块(yīkuài)。

    Three days, and one piece is still missing.

  4. Liangliang

    哪(nǎ)一块(yīkuài)？

    Which piece?

  5. Dengdeng

    天空(tiānkōng)那(nà)一块(yīkuài)，全(quán)是(shì)蓝色(lánsè)的(de)，最(zuì)难(nán)拼(pīn)。

    A sky piece. It's all blue, the hardest to place.

  6. Liangliang

    别(bié)拼(pīn)了(le)，说不定(shuōbudìng)盒子(hézi)里(lǐ)本来(běnlái)就(jiù)少(shǎo)一块(yīkuài)。

    Stop. Maybe the box was missing a piece from the start.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)怎(zěn)么(me)拼(pīn)你(nǐ)的(de)名(míng)字(zi)的(de)？

How do you spell your name?

Tatoeba: Chinese by tsayng · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)把(bǎ)碎(suì)纸(zhǐ)片(piàn)拼(pīn)成(chéng)了(le)一(yì)幅(fú)画(huà)。

He pieced the scraps of paper together into a picture.

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