pāi
to pat
to clap
to slap
to swat
to take (a photo)
to shoot (a film)
racket (sports)
beat (music)
pū
to throw oneself at
to pounce on
to devote one's energies
to flap
to flutter
to dab
to pat
to bend over
liū xū pāi mǎ
to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
to toady
boot-licking