碗 wǎn bowl / cup / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] 一 碗 yī wǎn bowl 盎 àng abundant / bowl / dish / pot 杅 yú bowl / tub 棬 quān bowl 马 桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl 饭 碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living 聚 宝 盆 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine 衣 钵 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle 锅 盖 头 guō gài tóu bowl cut (hairstyle) 钵 盂 bō yú alms bowl 瓯 ōu (pottery) bowl or drinking vessel 釭 gāng hanging bowl for lamp or fish 釪 yú an alms bowl / a small bell 鼓 盆 之 戚 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife 汤 碗 tāng wǎn soup bowl 砵 bō alms bowl 金 钵 jīn bō (gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk) 盛 饭 chéng fàn to fill a bowl with rice 沱 茶 tuó chá a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea 海 碗 hǎi wǎn very large bowl 钵 头 bō tóu earthen bowl (Shanghainese) 血 盆 大 口 xuè pén dà kǒu bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor 超 级 杯 Chāo jí bēi Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game) 陶 盅 táo zhōng pottery bowl 鼓 盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife 超 级 碗 Chāo jí Wǎn Super Bowl (American football championship game) 吃 着 碗 里 , 看 着 锅 里 chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye 饭 盆 fàn pén pet food bowl / dog bowl 投 杀 tóu shā (sports) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out 丼 dòng (Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi") 题 诗 tí shī to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy / an inscribed poem 一 碗 水 端 平 yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom) / fig. to be impartial 扒 饭 pá fàn to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth 碗 公 wǎn gōng very large bowl (Tw) 碗 筷 wǎn kuài bowl and chopsticks / tableware 端 起 碗 吃 肉 , 放 下 筷 子 骂 娘 duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given 扒 拉 pá la (coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)