盤子

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See also: 盘子

Chinese

dish; tray; to build
dish; tray; to build; to check; to examine; to transfer; (a measure word used for dishes of food or coils of wire); to coil
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (盤子)
simp. (盘子)

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

Noun

盤子

  1. plate; dish (Classifier: m)
  2. tray (Classifier: m)
  3. (dialectal) face
  4. (Wanrong Mandarin) abacus
Synonyms
  • (plate):
  • (face):
  • (abacus):
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Hokkien 盼仔 (phàn-á, fool), in which the first syllable sounds like Mandarin  / (pán), and Hokkien and Mandarin are both diminutive suffixes.

Noun

盤子

  1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) fool (especially one who buys overpriced items)
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