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平底锅píng dǐ guō
frying pan
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 平底锅 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 平底鍋 | ||
| 平底鍋 | píngdǐguō | |
| 1. n. frying pan | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| frying pan | ||
| 1. 平底锅 | ||
| Components | ||
| 平 | píng | |
| 1. level; even; flat | ||
| 平 放 (píng fàng) - to put horizontally | ||
| 平原 (píngyuán) - plain | ||
| 馬路 很 平。 (Mǎlù hěn píng.) - The road is very flat. | ||
| 2. equal; fair | ||
| 平分 (píngfēn) - to divide evenly | ||
| 持平 (chípíng) - impartial | ||
| Synonyms: 均 | ||
| 3. equal | ||
| 平輩 (píngbèi) - same generation | ||
| 平起平坐 (píngqǐpíngzuò) - to be on an equal footing | ||
| 平 了 世界 紀錄 (píng le shìjiè jìlù) - equalled a world record | ||
| 雙方 打 成 五 平。 (Shuāngfāng dǎ chéng wǔ píng.) - They reached 5-5. | ||
| 4. to level; to make level | ||
| 5. calm; peaceful | ||
| 太平 (tàipíng) - peaceful and tranquil | ||
| 風平浪靜 (fēngpínglàngjìng) - to have no waves | ||
| 心平氣和 (xīnpíngqìhé) - even-tempered and good-humoured | ||
| Synonyms: 穩, 靜 | ||
| 6. to calm down; to make peaceful; to quiet down | ||
| 平 民憤 (píng mínfèn) - to assuage popular indignation | ||
| 你 先 平 平 氣！ (Nǐ xiān píng píng qì!) - Just calm down a bit first! | ||
| 7. to pacify | ||
| 平叛 (píngpàn) - to suppress a rebellion | ||
| 8. ordinary; common; mediocre; average | ||
| 平日 (píngrì) - normal days | ||
| 平凡 (píngfán) - ordinary | ||
| 平民 (píngmín) - civilian | ||
| Synonyms: 常, 庸 | ||
| Antonyms: 奇, 特 | ||
| 9. (Chinese phonetics) level tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese) | ||
| 平上shǎng去入 (píngshǎngqùrù) - the four tones of Middle Chinese: level, rising, departing and checked | ||
| 陽平 (yángpíng) - light level tone | ||
| 10. (Cantonese, Hakka) cheap; inexpensive | ||
| 平peng4 機票piu3 - cheap air tickets | ||
| 平peng4 啲 得 唔 得 呀？ - Can it be cheaper? | ||
| 不如 平peng4 平peng4-2 地dei6-2 賣 畀 我 啦。 - What about selling it to me at a lower price? | ||
| Antonyms: 貴, tr=- | ||
| 11. (Min Nan, Hakka) the same | ||
| 伊 佮 我 平 懸。 (i1 gah4 ua2 bên5 guin5.) - He is as tall as me., MN-T | ||
| 12. (historical) Short for 北平 | ||
| 平 津 戰役 (Píng Jīn zhànyì) - Pingjin campaign | ||
| 13. Short for 平方米, square metre Used with numbers without classifiers. | ||
| 14. , number 95 of the Baijiaxing | ||
| 15. Alternative form of 辨 | ||
| 16. (obsolete) to control prices | ||
| 17. Variant of 抨 | ||
| 抨 | pēng | |
| 1. to shoot with a catapult | ||
| 2. to pat; to beat | ||
| 3. to censure; to attack; to impeach | ||
| 4. (Hakka) to slap with the palm of the hand | ||
| 5. to make (someone do something); to let | ||
| 底 | dǐ | |
| 1. bottom; underneath; underside | ||
| 2. ground; background | ||
| 3. ins and outs; actual situation | ||
| 4. master copy | ||
| 5. end (of a year or month) | ||
| 六月 底 - end of June - | ||
| 6. remnants; remains; leftovers | ||
| 7. (Min Nan) inside | ||
| 糜 底 - in the congee, MN-T - | ||
| 8. (mathematics) base (of triangle, logarithm, etc.) | ||
| 9. (Cantonese) staple food as the base of a meal | ||
| 伊麵 底 - e-fu noodles as the base (e.g., for lobster) - | ||
| 加底 - to add rice in a meal - | ||
| 10. (Hong Kong Cantonese) tendency in one's personality; leaning | ||
| 燥底 - having a bad temper - | ||
| 紅底 - having pro-CCP leanings - | ||
| Mem1底 - having a masochistic side - | ||
| 11. (Hong Kong Cantonese) criminal record | ||
| 佢 個 底 花 嗮 - His criminal record is all dirty and messy. | ||
| 12. (Cantonese) underpants | ||
| 紅底 - red underpants - | ||
| 露lou6底 - to expose one's underpants - | ||
| 13. Short for 底細 | ||
| 14. (Min) which; what | ||
| 锅 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 鍋 | ||
| 鍋 | guō | |
| 1. cooking pot; pan; wok | ||
| 2. (Mainland, neologism) blame; fault | ||
| 我 的 鍋 - mea culpa; my bad | ||
| 甩.鍋 - to deflect blame; to deny responsibility | ||
| 3. Variant of 鐹 | ||
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Pronunciation
píng dǐ guō
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