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- to pat
- to clap
- to slap
- to swat
- to take (a photo)
- to shoot (a film)
- racket (sports)
- beat (music)
- land auction; to sell land at auction (abbr. for 土地拍賣|土地拍卖[tu3 di4 pai1 mai4])
- to start shooting (a film)
- to invest in (a movie)
- to put (sth) up for auction
- to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc; a reproduction
- to remake a movie or TV series; a remake
- to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie; an adaptation
- to resort to bragging and flattering
- abbr. for 吹牛拍馬|吹牛拍马[chui1 niu2 pai1 ma3]
Trad. 開拍
- to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc)
- to start the bidding (auction)
- to start a trading session (stock market)
- citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
- wooden clappers (percussion instrument)
- to beat time with clappers (for a singer)
- (auctioneer's) board or gavel
- to slap the board to signal a sale; to bring down the gavel
- (fig.) to make a decision; to have the final say
- lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
- fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
Trad. 拍謝
- (Tw) excuse me; to be sorry; apologetic; embarrassed; shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin)
Trad. 拍馬
- to urge on a horse by patting its bottom
- fig. to encourage
- same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
- (music) a half-beat behind
- (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
- (Beijing slang, 1960s–70s) to chat up girls; to flirt with unfamiliar girls
Trad. 拍馬屁
- to flatter
- to fawn on
- to butter sb up
- toadying
- bootlicking
- camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)
Trad. 一拍兩散
- (idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate
- lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
- to hit it off
- to click together
- to chime in easily
Trad. 吹牛拍馬
- to resort to bragging and flattering
Trad. 溜鬚拍馬
- to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
- to toady
- boot-licking
Trad. 拍案叫絕
- lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
- amazing!
- great!
- (idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation
Trad. 拍案驚奇
- to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
- amazing!
Trad. 荷蘭式拍賣
- Dutch auction
- descending-price auction
Trad. 二刻拍案驚奇
- Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
Trad. 初刻拍案驚奇
- Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
- to make oneself scarce
- to slip away
- to take French leave
Trad. 一個巴掌拍不響
- lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)
- fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute
- it takes two to tango
- it's difficult to achieve anything without support