(pán zi) - plate, dish, tray in Mandarin

pánzi

Traditional: 盤子

HSK 3

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Translation

plate, dish, tray

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盘

子

Examples

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Please put the plate on the table.

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This plate is too small.

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He washed three plates.

盘子 (pánzi) is a plate or a serving dish, the flat one you put food on rather than the deep 碗 (wǎn) bowl. The measure word is 个 (gè), and 一盘 (yī pán) also works as a measure for a plateful of food: 一盘饺子 is a plate of dumplings.

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