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pán

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pán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pán | pan2
English translation
plate
dish
tray
board
to build
to coil
to check
to examine
to transfer (property)
to make over
classifier for food: dish, helping
classifier for coils of wire
classifier for games of chess
tray, plate, dish; to examine

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About pán

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

pán

Contains the radical

mǐn

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

dish

Etymology of pán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

舟皿

Semantic compound

mǐn

Phonetic compound

bān

Explanation

Simplified form of pán . Phonosemantic compound. mǐn represents the meaning and bān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using pán

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方向盘 fāng xiàng pán Cóng 冻僵 dòng jiāng de 手里 shǒu lǐ 滑脱, 汽车 qì chē 便 biàn héng zhāo 穿 chuān Guò le 马路 mǎ lù .

The wheel slipped from my frozen hand, and the car went right across the road.

zài 桌上有些 yǒu xiē 盘子 pánzi wǎn 筷子 kuàizi .

There are some plates, bowls and chopsticks on the table.

Néng 不能 bù néng 赶快 gǎnkuài gěi 我们 wǒmen chǎo pán 鸡蛋 jīdàn ?

Can you cook up a simple egg dish for us right away?

(桌上) yǒu 一些 yī xiē 盘子 pánzi wǎn 筷子 kuàizi .

There are some plates, bowls and chopsticks.

例如 lìrú ,每张地图 dìtú shǎng dōu 会有罗盘 luó pán 玫瑰 méi guī ,指明 zhǐ míng Dōng Nán 西 běi .

The Compass Rose - drawn on almost every map - indicated North, East, South, and West.

Words with pán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pán plate pán
地盘 dì pán domain地盤
盘子 pánzi tray盤子
硬盘 yìng pán hard disk硬盤
键盘 jiànpán keyboard鍵盤
收盘 shōu pán market close收盤
盘问 pán wèn to interrogate盤問
方向盘 fāng xiàng pán steering wheel方向盤
开盘 kāi pán to commence trading (stock market)開盤
盘旋 pánxuán to spiral盤旋
光盘 guāngpán compact disc光盤
全盘 quán pán overall全盤
转盘 zhuàn pán turntable轉盤
底盘 dǐ pán chassis底盤
盘算 pán suàn to plot盤算
胎盘 tāi pán placenta胎盤
棋盘 qí pán chessboard棋盤
盘点 pán diǎn to take stock盤點
收盘价 shōu pán jià closing price (of share, commodity etc)收盤價
托盘 tuō pán tray托盤
磁盘 cí pán (computer) disk磁盤
圆盘 yuán pán disk圓盤
罗盘 luó pán compass羅盤
算盘 suàn pán abacus算盤
仪表盘 yí biǎo pán dashboard儀表盤

pán Decomposition & Compounds

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pán Decomposition

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