拼 pīn to link
to link; to join together; to piece together; to risk all; to go all out; to spell
How to remember 拼: 扌 hand + 并 to combine = to link. The boy's hands fly over the puzzle to combine the pieces, and he manages to link all thousand before dinner.
Component breakdown
拼 = 扌 hand + 并 to combine
- 扌 hand
- 并 to combine
- 丷 horns
- 开 open
- 一 one
- 廾 two hands
The boy's hands fly over the puzzle to combine the pieces, and he manages to link all thousand before dinner.
How it is used
- 拼音 pīnyīn, the phonetic spelling system, is its single most important compound for learners.
- 拼命 pīnmìng "to go all out, risk everything" is very common in spoken Chinese: 拼命工作 "work like crazy."
- Also means "to piece/fit together": 拼图 pīntú "jigsaw puzzle," 拼车 pīnchē "to carpool/rideshare."
- In youth/startup slang, 拼 alone can mean "to hustle/grind" - 你要拼 "you've gotta go for it."