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盘
pán
盘 (pán) means "plate; dish; tray". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.
What 盘 means
- tray; plate; dish
- (finance) (bound form) market prices
- computingbound formdisk
- to coil (a rope, pigtail etc)
- to check; to examine; to investigate
- to transfer; to sell (property)
- to shift; to move (sth big and heavy)
- classifier for things resembling a plate or dish
- classifier for coils
- classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
Example sentences
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盘子很脏。The plate is dirty.
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盘子在哪里？Where are the plates?
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你有汤盘吗？Do you have a soup dish?
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把盘子洗了。Wash the dishes.
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我需要盘子。I need a plate.
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我的盘子在哪?Wǒ de pánzi zài nǎ?Where's my plate?
Words starting with 盘
- 盘子pán zitray; plate; dish
- 盘旋pán xuánto spiral; to circle; to go around
- 盘算pán suànto plot; to scheme; to calculate
- 盘问pán wènto interrogate; to cross-examine; to inquire
- 盘点pán diǎnto make an inventory; to take stock
- 盘腿pán tuǐto sit cross-legged; to sit in the lotus position
- 盘山pán shāngoing around a mountain
- 盘查pán cháto interrogate; to question (at a roadblock)
- 盘古Pán gǔPangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
- 盘踞pán jùto occupy illegally; to seize (territory); to entrench (oneself)
- 盘剥pán bōto exploit; to practice usury
- 盘缠pán chánto twine; to coil
- 盘桓pán huánto pace; to linger; to stay over
- 盘坐pán zuòto sit cross-legged (as in the lotus position)
- 盘察pán cháto interrogate; to examine
- 盘审pán shěnto interrogate
- 盘带pán dài(soccer) to dribble
- 盘底pán dǐto interrogate and get to the bottom of sth
- 盘店pán diànto buy a business (shop, restaurant etc) and all its assets…
- 盘活pán huóto revitalize (assets, resources etc)
- 盘球pán qiú(sports) to dribble
- 盘盘pán pántwisting and turning
- 盘符pán fúdrive letter (letter assigned to a disk drive or partition) (computing)
- 盘管pán guǎncoil in still (used for distilling)
Words containing 盘
- 光盘guāng páncompact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM
- 键盘jiàn pánkeyboard
- 硬盘yìng pánhard disk
- 楼盘lóu pánbuilding under construction; commercial property; real estate (for sale or rent)
- 方向盘fāng xiàng pánsteering wheel
- 地盘dì pándomain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building
- 开盘kāi pánto commence trading (stock market)
- 磁盘cí pán(computer) disk
- 棋盘qí pánchessboard
- 全盘quán pánoverall; comprehensive
- 托盘tuō pántray; salver; pallet
- 算盘suàn pánabacus; plan; scheme
- 底盘dǐ pánchassis
- 软盘ruǎn pánfloppy disk
- 收盘shōu pánmarket close
- 转盘zhuàn pánturntable; rotary (traffic)
- 胎盘tāi pánplacenta
- 罗盘luó páncompass
- 轮盘lún pánroulette; wheel
- 圆盘yuán pándisk
- 拼盘pīn pánsampler platter; appetizer platter
- 中盘zhōng pánmiddle game (in go or chess); (share trading) mid-session; (abbr. for 中盘商
- 磨盘mò pánlower millstone; tray of a mill
- 如意算盘rú yì suàn páncounting one's chickens before they are hatched
Characters built on 舟
These share the phonetic component 舟 (zhōu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 盘
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
- 凿záo(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic…
- 惫bèiexhausted
- 羡xiànto envy
- 袁yuánlong robe (old)
- 翕xīto open and close (the mouth etc); friendly; compliant
Sounds the same
Read pán, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 磐firm; stable; rock
- 蟠to coil
- 爿classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc…
- 胖healthy; at ease
- 蹒used in 蹒跚; Taiwan pr. mán
- 縏small bag; sack
- 磻name of a river in Shaanxi
- 媻to move
- 幋large scarf
- 柈plate
- 鞶large belt
- 湴to wade through water or mud
Where 盘 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 30 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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- Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pán correctly.
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