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方向盘
fāng xiàng pán



方向盘
steering wheel


Definitions

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方向盘
     1. Simplified form of 方向盤
方向盤fāngxiàngpán
     1. n. steering wheel
Components
fāng
     1. Variant of 仿
     2. (zh-used in, 方羊, , 方洋)
     3. (zh-used in, 方皇)
     4. Alternative form of 旁
     5. (zh-only, 方良)
     6. phon (unit of apparent loudness)
仿fǎng
     1. to imitate
     2. to resemble; to be similar
     3. characters written after a calligraphy model
           Fang
     4. Alternative form of 彷 (to waver)
Xiàng
     1. Variant of 嚮
     2. Simplified form of 曏
xiàng
     1. toward
     2. facing; against
     3. direction
     4. approaching
     5. to guide
     6. in the past
xiàng, xiǎng
     1. in the near past; in the past; formerly
     2. facing; against
     3. short period of time; Alternative form of 晌
     1. Simplified form of 盤
pán
     1. tray; plate; dish
           (zh-co, 瓷 盤, porcelain plate)
           (zh-co, 茶盤, tea tray)
     2. any object shaped like a tray or plate
           (zh-co, 鍵盤, keyboard)
           (zh-co, 算盤, abacus)
           (zh-co, 地盤, turf; territory)
     3. (obsolete, historical) washbasin (broad and shallow water-vessel for ablution)
     4. to check; to examine
           盤查 - to inspect; to search for information, illicit items, etc.
           盤問 - to interrogate
     5. to check the number or amount of; to calculate
     6. to twist; to coil up
           (zh-co, 盤腿, to cross one's legs)
           (zh-co, 盤旋, to circle)
           (zh-co, 盤 頭髮,)
           樹枝 上 盤 著着zhe 一 條 蛇。 -
     7. to build (by laying bricks, stones, etc.)
     8. to transfer the ownership of
     9. to transport; to carry
     10. (finance chiefly in compounds) financial market
           大盤 - overall market trends
           收盤-價 - closing price
     11. (Hong Kong) property on sale
           zh-co, 新盤pun4-2, real estate project that is newly released to the market, C
           zh-co, 筍盤pun4-2, worthy property, C
           zh-co, 銀主盤pun4-2, property subject to foreclosure, C
     12. (computing chiefly Mainland China) disk; hard drive; storage device
           (zh-co, 軟盤, floppy disk)
           (zh-co, 網盤, cloud drive)
           (zh-co, 兩 盤 菜, two dishes)
           (zh-co, 一 盤 石磨, a millstone)
           (zh-co, 一 盤 蚊香, a mosquito coil)
           (zh-co, 一 盤 磁帶, a reel of tape)
           一 盤 圍棋 - a game of go
           三 盤 兩 勝 - best of three
           (syn, zh, 局)
     13. (board games) match; game
           中盤勝 - win by opponent's resignation (literally, "mid-game win")
     14. (Cantonese)
           佢 諗 住 賣 咗 盤 生意 佢。 - He wants to sell his business.
           平ping4時 有 冇 人 幫 你 睇 住 盤 數 呀? -
     15. (Mainland China Hokkien) having more benefits than harms; worthwhile; profitable; being value for money; affordable
     16. (Taiwanese Mandarin, slang) overpriced
     17. (Shanghainese Wu) to flirt with; to pick up
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