盘

pán · pan

Traditional 盤

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. plate
  2. dish
  3. tray
  4. board
  5. hard drive (computing)
  6. to build
  7. to coil
  8. to check
  9. to examine
  10. to transfer (property)
  11. to make over
  12. classifier for food: dish, helping
  13. to coil
  14. classifier for coils of wire
  15. classifier for games of chess

In a sentence

2 examples
01

玛(mǎ)丽(lì)盘(pán)着(zhe)腿(tuǐ)坐(zuò)在(zài)沙(shā)发(fā)上(shàng)。

Mary sat cross-legged on the couch.

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02

服(fú)务(wù)员(yuán)端(duān)来(lái)一(yì)盘(pán)热(rè)腾(téng)腾(téng)的(de)饺(jiǎo)子(zi)。

The waiter brought a steaming plate of dumplings.

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