盘 meaning in English

pán

tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices

HSK 4nounmeasure wordverbTraditional 盤11 strokes

Meaning of 盘

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pán

tray; plate; dish
(finance) (bound form) market prices
(computing) (bound form) disk
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

How to use 盘

In everyday speech 盘 is most often a classifier for plate-like things, or part of words like 盘子 (pánzi) plate, 键盘 (jiànpán) keyboard and 硬盘 (yìngpán) hard disk. Example: 我点了一盘饺子。(Wǒ diǎn le yì pán jiǎozi.) I ordered a plate of dumplings.

盘 (pán) sits on 皿 (mǐn), the bottom part that means a dish or vessel, with 舟 on top, which looks like a little boat. Picture a boat-shaped plate resting on a dish stand, and you have a tray or plate.

Common mistake: Learners often use 盘 alone to mean "a plate" in conversation, but people usually say 盘子 (pánzi) for the object and keep 盘 for counting, as in 一盘菜. Also watch the tone: it is rising pán, not falling pàn as in 盼 (pàn, to hope).

盘 in example sentences

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

先xiān生shēng，那nà盘pánCD需xū要yào预yù定dìng才cái有yǒu。

Sir, that CD is available only by special order.

汤tāng姆mǔ打dǎ碎suì了le三sān个gè盘pán子zi。

Tom broke three dishes.

我wǒ们men必bì须xū把bǎ这zhè些xiē脏zàng盘pán子zi全quán部bù洗xǐ掉diào。

We must wash all these dirty plates.

用yòng纸zhǐ质zhì餐cān盘pán的de话huà，野yě餐cān就jiù方fāng便biàn多duō了le。

A picnic is easier on everyone if you use a paper plate.

我wǒ的de工gōng作zuò是shì洗xǐ盘pán子zi。

My job is to wash dishes.

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盘 pán · tray · 11 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 盘.

盘子	pánzi	tray; plate
光盘	guāngpán	compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM
键盘	jiànpán	keyboard
硬盘	yìngpán	hard disk
方向盘	fāngxiàngpán	steering wheel
磁盘	cípán	(computer) disk
盘算	pánsuan	to plot; to scheme
算盘	suànpán	abacus; plan
地盘	dìpán	domain; territory under one's control
盘问	pánwèn	to interrogate; to cross-examine
盘旋	pánxuán	to spiral; to circle
托盘	tuōpán	tray; salver

Questions about 盘

What does 盘 mean?

盘 (pán) means "tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices" and is used as a noun, measure word and verb.

How do you write 盘?

盘 is made of 1 character: 盘 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 盘 an HSK word?

Yes. 盘 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 盘 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 盘 is written 盤.

What is the difference between 盘子 and 碟子?

Both mean plate. 盘子 (pánzi) is the general word and often means a larger serving plate. 碟子 (diézi) usually means a small saucer or side dish, and is more common in southern speech.

What does 盘 mean as a verb?

It can mean to coil something, as in 盘起头发 (pán qǐ tóufa) to coil up your hair. It can also mean to check or go over carefully, as in 盘问 (pánwèn) to interrogate, or to take stock, as in 盘点 (pándiǎn).