HSK 3 · Actions with Hands

配

pèi

to match; to go with

Stroke order of 配

配 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A wine jar 酉 beside a person kneeling 己 pairs up and matches.

Parts: 酉 wine jar + 己 self/kneeling figure

Example sentence

这条裤子和你的衣服很配。

These trousers match your clothes very well.

Words with 配

配合to cooperate; to coordinate 分配to distribute; to assign

More words: Actions with Hands

拍to pat; to take (a photo)抓to grab; to catch 抓住to catch hold of 把握to grasp; certainty 把(measure word for handles); to hold 推动to push; to promote 推广to spread; to popularize 推进to push forward 压to press 压力pressure 解开to untie; to undo 修to repair; to build 订to book; to subscribe

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