盏 meaning in English

zhǎn

a small cup; classifier for lamps

HSK 7-9measure wordTraditional 盞10 strokes

Meaning of 盏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhǎn
  1. a small cup
  2. classifier for lamps

盏 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā把bǎ一yī盏zhǎn灯dēng挂guà在zài了le天tiān花huā板bǎn上shàng。
He hung a lamp from the ceiling.
我wǒ买mǎi了le一yī盏zhǎn很hěn旧jiù的de灯dēng。
I bought an old lamp.
我wǒ买mǎi了le一yī盏zhǎn古gǔ老lǎo的de灯dēng。
I bought an ancient lamp.
我wǒ会huì在zài那nà盏zhǎn街jiē灯dēng旁páng边biān的de长zhǎng凳dèng上shàng坐zuò下xià来lái。
I'm going to sit on the bench over there next to the street lamp.
我wǒ觉jué得de这zhè盏zhǎn灯dēng短duǎn路lù了le,因yīn为wèi只zhǐ有yǒu我wǒ摇yáo线xiàn的de时shí候hòu灯dēng才cái会huì亮liàng。
I think this lamp has a short because the light comes on only if I jiggle the cord.

Stroke order for each character

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盏 zhǎn · a small cup · 10 strokes

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Questions about 盏

What does 盏 mean?

盏 (zhǎn) means "a small cup; classifier for lamps" and is used as a measure word.

How do you write 盏?

盏 is made of 1 character: 盏 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 盏 an HSK word?

Yes. 盏 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 盏 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 盏 is written 盞.