The Chinese word for dashboard is
仪表板

yí biǎo bǎn

Chinese Definition

dashboard
1. 挡泥板
2. 遮水板
3. 仪表板
Components
仪
1. Simplified form of 儀
表
1. (obsolete) outer garment
2. surface; outside; exterior
外表 - outward appearance -
月表 - surface of the moon -
虛有其表 - to look impressive but lack real worth -
表裡不一 - to think in one way but speak and act in another -
3. table; list
價目表 - price list -
4. form (blank document to be filled in)
申請表 - application form -
填表 - to fill in a form -
5. to show; to express; to display
表達 - to express -
深表同情 - to show deep sympathy -
6. model; example
為wéi人師表 - to set an example for others to learn -
7. (historical) memorial to the throne; petition to the emperor
出師表 - Chu Shi Biao - (either of two memorials written by Zhuge Liang and presented to Liu Shan)
8. relationship with the children of one's mother's or paternal grandmother's siblings or the children of one's father's or paternal grandfather's sisters
表哥 - male cousin (mother's sibling's or father's sister's son older than oneself) -
姨表 - maternal cousin (mother's sister's child) -
9. Simplified form of 錶
10. (Mainland, internet slang) Alternative form of 不要 (do not; don't)
板
1. plank; board
木板 - board; plank
玻璃板 - glass board
2. blackboard
(zh-x, 板報)
3. sluggish; stiff; inflexible
呆板 - sluggish
古板 - stuffy; old-fashioned and inflexible
4. to harden; hardened
5. (internet) board (sub-unit of a larger BBS or imageboard)
6. (music) clapper
7. (music) beat; meter; rhythm (in music or Chinese opera)
行板 - andante
散sǎn板 - sanban
8. to look serious or displeased
9. (literary or Min Nan) wooden coffin
10. (Min Nan) ability; capability; talent
11. (Suzhou) to have to; must
噶聲閒話板是俚說噶。 - That voice must be his., W-SZ, ref=1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19
12. Variant of 闆