牌子
pái ziㄆㄞˊ ㄗ˙
Sino-Vietnamese: BÀI TỬ
Traditional: 牌子
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3
Meaning(noun)
sign; trademark; brand
Examples
门口的牌子上写着"禁止停车"。
mén kǒu de pái zi shàng xiě zhe " jìn zhǐ tíng chē ".
The sign at the entrance says "No Parking".
你喜欢什么牌子的手机？
nǐ xǐ huan shén me pái zi de shǒu jī?
What brand of phone do you like?
这个牌子的衣服质量不错。
zhè ge pái zi de yī fu zhì liàng bú cuò.
This brand's clothes are good quality.
Easily confused
- 品牌 — 品牌 is "brand" in a business sense; 牌子 is colloquial and also means "sign/board".
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Stroke order
BÀI · 12 strokes
mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal
TỬ · 3 strokes
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility