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盘子盤子 pánzi — plate, dish

pánzi (second tone, rising)pan2zi

Traditional: 盤子

plate, dish

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)nounMeasure word 个
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Meanings

  1. plate, dish

    The flat dish food is served on, as against 碗, the bowl rice is eaten from. A Chinese table is laid with shared 盘子 in the middle and one 碗 per person.

    noun

Character breakdown

  • 子
    zǐ (third tone, dipping) zi (neutral tone)

    child, son; a seed; (unstressed, zi) the noun suffix of 桌子, 儿子, 孩子

    3 strokesRadical 子

Example sentences

  • 请把盘子放在桌子上。請把盤子放在桌子上。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) bǎ (third tone, dipping) pánzi (second tone, rising) fàng (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) zhuōzi (first tone, high and level) shang. (neutral tone)···

    Please put the plates on the table.

  • 吃完饭，我洗了很多盘子和碗。吃完飯，我洗了很多盤子和碗。Chīwán (first tone, high and level) fàn, (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) xǐle (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) pánzi (second tone, rising) hé (second tone, rising) wǎn. (third tone, dipping)···

    After the meal I washed a lot of plates and bowls.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我吃了三个盘子。

    Correct我吃了三个菜。

    Unlike 碗, which doubles as a classifier for what it holds, 盘子 stays the object. You count dishes of food with 个菜 — or with 盘, the bare form: 三盘菜.

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Words containing 子