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Words starting with P

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爬páto crawl; to climb怕pàto be afraid; to fear派pāused in 派司[pāsi]爬山pá shānto climb a mountain; to mountaineer拍pāito pat; to clap排páia row; a line牌páimahjong tile; playing card迫pǎiused in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pǎijīpào]排队pái duìto line up排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking排球pái qiúvolleyball; CL:個|个[gè]牌子pái zisign; trademark盘pánplate; dish判pàn(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)胖pánhealthy; at ease判断pàn duànto judge; to determine旁pángone side; other旁边páng biānside; adjacent place跑páo(of an animal) to paw (the ground)跑步pǎo bùto run; to jog配pèito join; to fit配合pèi hématching; fitting in with朋péngfriend碰pèngto touch; to meet with碰到pèng dàoto come across; to run into碰见pèng jiànto run into; to meet (unexpectedly)朋友péng youfriend; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]批pīto ascertain; to act on皮píleather; skin啤píbeer皮包pí bāohandbag; briefcase啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword); CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng],罐[guàn],桶[tǒng],缸[gāng]批评pī píngto criticize; criticism; CL:次[cì],番[fān]批准pī zhǔnto approve; to ratify篇piānsheet; piece of writing片piāndisk; sheet票piàoticket; ballot漂piāoto float; to drift票价piào jiàticket price; fare; admission fee漂亮piào liangpretty; beautiful品pǐn(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank平píngflat; level评píngto discuss; to comment苹píng(artemisia); duckweed瓶píngbottle; vase平安píng ānsafe and sound; well平常píng chángordinary; common平等píng děngequal; equality苹果píng guǒapple; CL:個|个[gè],顆|颗[kē]评价píng jiàto evaluate; to assess平时píng shíordinarily; in normal times瓶子píng zibottle; CL:個|个[gè]破pòbroken; damaged破坏pò huàidestruction; damage普pǔgeneral; popular普遍pǔ biànuniversal; general普及pǔ jíto spread extensively; to generalize普通pǔ tōngcommon; ordinary普通话pǔ tōng huàMandarin (common language); Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)