盘 子 pán zi tray / plate / dish / CL:個|个[ge4] 平 板 píng bǎn slab / plate / dull / monotonous / tablet (computer) 底 版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block 盘 pán plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess 牌 pái mahjong tile / playing card / game pieces / signboard / plate / tablet / medal / CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4] 碟 dié dish / plate 镀 dù to plate (with gold, silver etc) / (prefix) -plated 鋈 wù -plated / to plate 鉼 bǐng plate 柈 pán plate 飞 片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 燃 料 板 rán liào pàn fuel plate / plate 镀 上 dù shàng to plate (with gold, silver etc) 板 块 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 挂 牌 guà pái lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market) 牌 照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 钢 板 gāng bǎn steel plate 地 块 dì kuài tectonic plate 车 牌 chē pái license plate 铜 板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate (e.g. for printing) 标 牌 biāo pái label / tag / sign / (brass etc) inscribed plate 制 版 zhì bǎn to make a plate (printing) 底 片 dǐ piàn negative / photographic plate 铁 板 tiě bǎn iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) 上 牌 shàng pái to obtain a license plate 门 牌 mén pái door plate / house number 薄 板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 电 炉 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 号 牌 hào pái license plate / number plate 靓 号 liàng hào desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits) 楼 板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 铭 牌 míng pái nameplate / data plate (on a machine) 车 号 chē hào vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number) 图 版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 鳞 甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor 金 属 板 jīn shǔ bǎn metal plate 凹 版 āo bǎn intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it) 顶 板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 印 刷 版 yìn shuā bǎn printing plate / printed version (of a digital publication) / printing (as in "1st printing" etc) 平 版 píng bǎn lithographic plate 凸 版 tū bǎn relief printing plate 冷 盘 lěng pán cold plate / cold meats 本 垒 běn lěi home base / home plate (in baseball) 桁 héng pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole 钣 bǎn metal plate / sheet of metal 钸 bū metal plate 板 规 bǎn guī plate gauge 板 块 构 造 bǎn kuài gòu zào plate tectonics 板 梁 桥 bǎn liáng qiáo plate girder bridge 錶 盘 biǎo pán dial plate / dial 俴 jiàn short / shallow / thin plate 印 版 yìn bǎn printing plate 旋 子 xuàn zi large metal plate for making bean curd / metal pot for warming wine 板 块 理 论 bǎn kuài lǐ lùn plate tectonics 板 式 塔 bǎn shì tǎ distillation tower / bubble tower / plate column 汽 车 号 牌 qì chē hào pái vehicle registration plate / license plate 泡 罩 塔 pào zhào tǎ distillation tower / bubble tower / plate column 波 带 片 bō dài piān zone plate 汤 盘 tāng pán soup plate 照 片 底 版 zhào piàn dǐ bǎn a photographic plate 号 码 牌 hào mǎ pái number plate / car license plate / CL:條|条[tiao2],塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 银 盘 yín pán silver plate / galactic disc 铁 板 牛 柳 tiě bǎn niú liǔ fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate 铁 板 牛 肉 tiě bǎn niú ròu beef grilled on a hot iron plate 铁 板 茄 子 tiě bǎn qié zi eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate 骺 软 骨 板 hóu ruǎn gǔ bǎn epiphyseal plate / growth plate (bone) 飞 片 透 镜 flying plate lens 往 复 式 孔 板 塔 reciprocating plate column / reciprocating plate reactor 盘 式 塔 pán shì tǎ tray tower / tray column / plate column 滤 板 lu:4 pàn sieve plate / sieve tray / perforated tray 盘 式 磨 plate mill 板 块 构 造 学 plate tectonics 转 换 板 块 边 界 transform plate boundary 统 一 牌 照 tǒng yī pái zhào common licence plate 统 一 牌 照 制 度 tǒng yī pái zhào zhì duó Uniform License Plate System 增 生 板 块 边 界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 离 散 板 块 边 界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 压 盘 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 传 压 板 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 岩 石 圈 板 块 lithosphere plate 板 块 边 界 plate boundary 陶 瓷 片 ceramic plate 开 发 拉 普 拉 塔 河 流 域 信 托 基 金 Trust Fund for the Development of the River Plate Basin 构 造 板 块 tectonic plate / lithospheric plate 拉 普 拉 塔 河 流 域 条 约 Treaty of the River Plate Basin 牙 托 yá tuō mouthguard / occlusal splint / dental impression tray / orthodontic plate / denture base / denture 打 席 dǎ xí (baseball) plate appearance (PA) 摆 盘 bǎi pán to arrange food on a plate / to plate up / food presentation / (watchmaking) balance wheel 黑 白 切 hēi bái qiē (Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and served together on a plate (from Taiwanese 烏白切, Tai-lo pr. [oo-pe̍h-tshiat], where 烏白 / means "as one pleases") 大 盘 鸡 dà pán jī dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang