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páifāng
noun #40,655

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 memorial arch
  2. 2 paifang
  3. 3 decorative gateway

Examples

Cūn kǒu lì zhe yí zuò gǔlǎo de páifāng.
An old memorial arch stands at the village entrance.
Zhè zuò páifāng shì wèi biǎozhāng yí wèi jiéfù xiūjiàn de.
This arch was built to honor a chaste widow.

Tips

culture
Traditional free-standing archway erected to honor virtuous women, filial sons, imperial exam graduates or notable officials. Surviving Ming-Qing examples are tourist landmarks in (Anhui) and (Shandong).

Stroke Order

pái
fāng