牌照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 号牌 號牌 hào pái license plate / number plate 汽车号牌 汽車號牌 qì chē hào pái vehicle registration plate / license plate 公车 公車 gōng chē bus / abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1] / car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc) / abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1] 车号 車號 chē hào vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number) 跑车 跑車 pǎo chē racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) syn 提车 提車 tí chē to pick up a car (newly purchased car from a dealership, repaired vehicle from a repair shop, rental car at the airport etc) 车牌 車牌 chē pái license plate 上牌 shàng pái to obtain a license plate 靓号 靚號 liàng hào desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits) 统一牌照制度 統一牌照制度 tǒng yī pái zhào zhì duó Uniform License Plate System 尾号 尾號 wěi hào last digit (or last few digits) of a phone number, license plate number etc 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 骺软骨板 骺軟骨板 hóu ruǎn gǔ bǎn epiphyseal plate / growth plate (bone) 往复式孔板塔 reciprocating plate column / reciprocating plate reactor 增生板块边界 增生板塊邊界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 离散板块边界 離散板塊邊界 accreting plate boundary / divergent plate boundary / divergent boundary 燃料板 rán liào pàn fuel plate / plate 构造板块 構造板塊 tectonic plate / lithospheric plate 摆盘 擺盤 bǎi pán to arrange food on a plate / to plate up / food presentation / (watchmaking) balance wheel 车号牌 車號牌 chē hào pái car number-plate 小车 小車 xiǎo chē small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance syn 车行 車行 chē háng car-related business / car dealership / taxi company / (commercial) garage 包车 包車 bāo chē hired car / chartered car 遥控车 遙控車 yáo kòng chē radio-controlled car (hobbyist's model car) 敞蓬车 敞蓬車 chǎng péng chē convertible car / open car 挡位 擋位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting / mode 车奴 車奴 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car 汽车共用 汽車共用 car sharing / car pooling 无标志警车 無標誌警車 unmarked car / unmarked police car 自驾车 自駕車 zì jià chē to drive oneself somewhere / private vehicle / (Tw) self-driving car / autonomous car 许可证 許可證 xǔ kě zhèng license / authorization / permit syn 特许 特許 tè xǔ license / licensed / concession / concessionary syn 执照 執照 zhí zhào license / permit syn 驾照 駕照 jià zhào driver's license (abbr. for 駕駛執照|驾驶执照[jia4shi3 zhi2zhao4]) syn 驾驶证 駕駛證 jià shǐ zhèng driver's license 证照 證照 zhèng zhào license / permit / ID photo / passport photo syn 申领 申領 shēn lǐng to apply (for license, visa etc) 驾驶执照 駕駛執照 jià shǐ zhí zhào driver's license 尚方宝剑 尚方寶劍 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn 缴销 繳銷 jiǎo xiāo to hand in for cancellation (e.g. a license) syn 尚方剑 尚方劍 shàng fāng jiàn imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn 凭照 憑照 píng zhào certificate / license 车照 車照 chē zhào vehicle license 通用公共许可证 通用公共許可證 tōng yòng gōng gòng xǔ kě zhèng General Public License 保留许可 bǎo liú xǔ kě retention license / retention permit 知识共享许可 知識共享許可 Creative Commons license 探雷犬许可证测验 探雷犬許可證測驗 mine dog license test 吊扣 diào kòu to suspend (a license etc) syn 授证 授證 shòu zhèng to deliver (a diploma, license etc) / to qualify 考本 kǎo běn to take a relevant exam for a certificate (e.g. driving test, license etc) 领证 領證 lǐng zhèng to obtain a certificate or license etc / (esp.) to obtain a marriage certificate / to marry 三无产品 三無產品 sān wú chǎn pǐn product lacking one or more of three requirements such as production license, inspection certificate, and manufacturer's name and location 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 挂牌 掛牌 guà pái lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market) syn 钢板 鋼板 gāng bǎn steel plate syn 盘子 盤子 pán zi tray / plate / dish / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 标牌 標牌 biāo pái label / tag / sign / (brass etc) inscribed plate syn 制版 製版 zhì bǎn to make a plate (printing) 镀金 鍍金 dù jīn to gold-plate / to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special syn 底片 dǐ piàn negative / photographic plate syn 铁板 鐵板 tiě bǎn iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) 门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 铭牌 銘牌 míng pái nameplate / data plate (on a machine) 鳞甲 鱗甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor syn 金属板 金屬板 jīn shǔ bǎn metal plate 凹版 āo bǎn intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it) 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 果盘 果盤 guǒ pán fruit plate / fruit platter 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 冷盤 lěng pán cold plate / cold meats syn 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn 碟 dié dish / plate syn 镀 鍍 dù to plate (with gold, silver etc) / (prefix) -plated syn 鋈 wù -plated / to plate syn 桁 héng pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole syn 钣 鈑 bǎn metal plate / sheet of metal 钸 鈽 bū metal plate 鉼 bǐng plate 执牛耳 執牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony) 板规 板規 bǎn guī plate gauge 板块构造 板塊構造 bǎn kuài gòu zào plate tectonics 板梁桥 板梁橋 bǎn liáng qiáo plate girder bridge 錶盘 錶盤 biǎo pán dial plate / dial 俴 jiàn short / shallow / thin plate 柈 pán plate 印版 yìn bǎn printing plate 新疆小盘鸡 新疆小盤雞 xīn jiāng xiǎo pán jī Xinjiang small-plate chicken (typical dish from North-West China) 