牌

牌 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中中竹竹十 (LLHHJ), four-corner 2604₀, composition ⿰片卑)

• 簰

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 693, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19854
• Dae Jaweon: page 1106, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2016, character 28
• Unihan data for U+724C

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *breː, *breː) : semantic 片 + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

牌

1. board; plate
2. ^† census plate
3. signboard; placard; sign; tablet
4. brand; trademark

   椰樹牌／椰树牌  ―  Yēshù pái  ―  “Coconut Palm” brand

5. ^† nameplate
6. ^† Name of a type of historical documents delivered to the lower levels.
7. (card games, mahjong, dominoes) playing cards; cards; dominoes; mahjong; etc. (Classifier: 張／张 m c; 飛／飞 c)

   打牌  ―  dǎpái  ―  to play cards

   洗牌  ―  xǐpái  ―  to shuffle cards

   我就剩一張牌了！ [MSC, trad.]
   我就剩一张牌了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ jiù shèng yī zhāng pái le! [Pinyin]

   I have only one card left!

8. (figurative) card (a resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose)

   中方警告印度不要打「西藏牌」。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Zhōngfāng jǐnggào Yìndù bùyào dǎ “Xīcáng pái”. [Pinyin]

   China warns India not to play the “Tibet card”.

9. (Hong Kong) licence (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   無牌／无牌 [Cantonese]  ―  mou⁴ paai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  unlicensed

   考牌 [Cantonese]  ―  haau² paai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to take a test for a licence

10. list (of prices)
11. shield
12. memorial (gateway or building)
13. pitch (style) of ancient Chinese poetry (ci) or music (qu)
14. manner; air; shape
15. (Cantonese) medal

    攞牌／𫽋牌 [Cantonese]  ―  lo² paai^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to win a medal

16. (Southern Min) plaque; memorial tablet
17. (Jilu Mandarin) Classifier for card games: round
18. a surname: Pai

• (brand):

Others:

• → Burmese: ဖဲ (hpai:, “playing cards; game of cards”)
• → Khmer: បៀ (biə, “playing cards”)
• → Lao: ໄພ້ (phai, “playing cards”)
• → Lü: ᦘᦻᧉ (phaay², “playing cards”)
• → Shan: ၽၢႆႉ (phâ̰ai, “domino, playing cards”)
• → Thai: ไพ่ (pâi, “playing cards”)
• → White Hmong: phaib (“playing cards”)
• → Zhuang: bej (“playing cards”)

• “牌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a small, written slip of paper: ticket, receipt, label, etc.
2. sign, placard
3. playing card, mahjong tile
4. shield, buckler

• Go-on: べ (be)
• Kan-on: はい (hai)
• Kun: ふだ (fuda, 牌)

From Middle Chinese 牌 (MC bea|beaj).

牌 (eumhun 패 패 (pae pae))

1. Hanja form^? of 패 (“tablet”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

牌: Hán Nôm readings: bài, bìa, bời

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