派對

See also: 派对

Chinese

		clique; school; group clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch	couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right
trad. (派對)		派	對
simp. (派对)		派	对

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English party. Doublet of 趴體／趴体 (pātǐ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàiduì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai³ deoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phài-tùi
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹pha₅-te

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàiduì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàiduèi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai⁴-tui⁴
    • Yale: pài-dwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: payduey
    • Palladius: пайдуй (pajduj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Note: The actual pronunciation may range from the literal pronunciation of pàiduì, to a pseudo-English pronunciation of /pʰa˥˥ tʰi˨˨/, to an authentic English pronunciation.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai³ deoi³
    • Yale: paai deui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai³ doey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai³ dêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯³³ tɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phài-tùi
    • Tâi-lô: phài-tuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phae'duix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰai²¹⁻⁵³ tui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ tui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ tui²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pha₅-te
    • MiniDict: pha^去 te
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pha₂-te
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰa⁵⁵ te²¹/

Noun

派對

1. (informal) party; get-together

   明天來我家吧，我們開一個派對。 [MSC, trad.]
   明天来我家吧，我们开一个派对。 [MSC, simp.]

   Míngtiān lái wǒ jiā ba, wǒmen kāi yī ge pàiduì. [Pinyin]

   Why don't you come over to my house tomorrow, we'll have a party.

   • 再別提起，無人喜歡這派對中淚落滿地。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     再别提起，无人喜欢这派对中泪落满地。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2013, Jimmy Eng, 沒結果

     zoi³ bit⁶ tai⁴ hei², mou⁴ jan⁴ hei² fun¹ ze² paai³ deoi³ zung¹ leoi⁶ lok⁶ mun⁵ dei⁶. [Jyutping]

     Don't mention [it] anymore, [because] nobody likes to see tears on the whole floor in this party.

Synonyms

• 聚會／聚会 (jùhuì)
• (informal) 趴體／趴体 (pātǐ)

Derived terms

• 生日派對／生日派对 (shēngrì pàiduì)

 

See also

• 宴會／宴会 (yànhuì)