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盘pán
plate
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 盘 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 盤 | ||
| 盤 | pán | |
| 1. tray; plate; dish | ||
| 瓷 盤 - porcelain plate - | ||
| 茶盤 - tea tray - | ||
| 2. any object shaped like a tray or plate | ||
| 鍵盤 - keyboard - | ||
| 算盤 - abacus - | ||
| 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 | ||
| 盤腿 - to cross one's legs - | ||
| 盤旋 - to circle - | ||
| 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 | ||
| 新盤pun4-2 - real estate project that is newly released to the market - | ||
| 筍盤pun4-2 - worthy property - | ||
| 銀主盤pun4-2 - property subject to foreclosure - | ||
| 12. (computing chiefly Mainland China) disk; hard drive; storage device | ||
| 軟盤 - floppy disk - | ||
| 網盤 - cloud drive - | ||
| 兩 盤 菜 - two dishes - | ||
| 一 盤 石磨 - a millstone - | ||
| 一 盤 蚊香 - a mosquito coil - | ||
| 一 盤 磁帶 - a reel of tape - | ||
| 一 盤 圍棋 - a game of go | ||
| 三 盤 兩 勝 - best of three | ||
| Synonyms: 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 | ||
| Chinese > Chinese | ||
| 盘 | ||
| 1. (正字;盤) | ||
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Pronunciation
pán
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