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盤子

简盘子 · 繁盤子

Mandarin · pinyin pán zi

tray
plate
dish
Classifier: 個 gè

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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
盘: pán · tray, plate, dish; examine

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2–5 · pan2 zi5

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pun4 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 盤子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun · Etymology 1

plate; dish (Classifier: 個／个 m)
tray (Classifier: 個／个 m)
(Sichuanese) face
(Wanrong Mandarin) abacus
(Linfen Mandarin) sunflower

noun · Etymology 2

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

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