盘
pán
Meaning
- tray; plate; dish
- classifier for things resembling a plate or dish
- classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- to check; to examine; to investigate
- classifier for coils
Definition
盘子；形状像盘子的东西；围棋或象棋的棋盘；量词，用于盘状物或棋局；动词，表示回旋、缠绕、清查、询问等。
a plate; something shaped like a plate; a chessboard; classifier for plate-like objects or games; verb meaning to coil, to wind, to check, to question, etc.
Usage
作名词时，指盛放物品的浅底器具，如菜盘；也指形状像盘子的物体，如光盘；在棋类中指棋盘或一盘棋；作量词，如一盘菜。作动词时，可表示缠绕（盘绕）、盘点（盘货）、盘问（盘查）等。
As a noun, it refers to a shallow container for food (如菜盘); also an object shaped like a plate (如光盘); in board games, it means the board or a game (一盘棋). As a classifier, it is used for plate-like items or games (一盘菜). As a verb, it can mean to coil (盘绕), to inventory (盘货), to interrogate (盘查), etc.
Examples
- 1 他把菜盛在盘里端上桌。 (He put the food on a plate and brought it to the table.)
- 2 这个光盘里存了很多照片。 (This disc stores many photos.)
- 3 我们下了一盘围棋。 (We played a game of Go.)
- 4 他习惯每天早上盘货。 (He is used to taking inventory every morning.)
- 5 警察盘问了那个可疑的人。 (The police interrogated that suspicious person.)
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