Definitions

pīn (verb) to piece together; to join together
pīn (verb) to stake all; to risk everything
pīn (verb) to spell

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Semantic: Phonetic:

About

The character "拼" is constructed from the hand radical (扌) combined with the phonetic and semantic component "并", which conveys a sense of merging or joining together, thus forming a character whose core concept is the manual act of assembling separate parts into a whole. Its original and literal meaning referred to the physical piecing together or joining of objects, but this concrete action naturally extended into more abstract and vigorous applications. Over time, it developed the prevalent sense of exerting maximum effort or striving with all one's resources, as if putting everything one has into the endeavor. Furthermore, in modern usage, it has acquired the specific linguistic meaning of spelling words phonetically, which is a logical conceptual extension of assembling sounds or letters in sequence.

Example Sentences Hide

我们一起图吧。

Wǒmen yīqǐ pīntú ba.

Let's do the puzzle together.

孩子喜欢积木。

Háizi xǐhuān pīn jīmù.

Children like building with blocks.

他工作很命。

Tā gōngzuò hěn pīnmìng.

He works very hard.

学习英语要单词。

Xuéxí Yīngyǔ yào pīn dāncí.

Learning English requires spelling words.

为了成功,我们必须搏。

Wèile chénggōng, wǒmen bìxū pīnbó.

For success, we must struggle hard.

他们正在凑事件的真相。

Tāmen zhèngzài pīncòu shìjiàn de zhēnxiàng.

They are piecing together the truth of the incident.

很多人选择车以减少费用。

Hěnduō rén xuǎnzé pīnchē yǐ jiǎnshǎo fèiyòng.

Many people choose carpooling to reduce costs.

尽管困难重重,他仍然命坚持,最终完成了项目。

Jǐnguǎn kùnnán chóngchóng, tā réngrán pīnmìng jiānchí, zuìzhōng wánchéng le xiàngmù.

Despite numerous difficulties, he still persevered hard and finally completed the project.