张 張 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes syn 平 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] syn 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another / inner room / suite / apartment / flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 平台 平臺 píng tái platform / terrace / flat-roofed building syn 顶楼 頂樓 dǐng lóu top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) 平面 píng miàn plane (flat surface) / print media syn 泄气 洩氣 xiè qì to leak (gas) / to be discouraged / to despair / (disparaging) pathetic / to vent one's anger / (of a tire) to be flat syn 飞机场 飛機場 fēi jī chǎng airport / (slang) flat chest / CL:處|处[chu4] syn 平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special syn 扳手 bān shǒu spanner / wrench / lever (on a machine) syn 平坦 píng tǎn level / even / smooth / flat syn 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 平滑 píng huá flat and smooth syn 撒气 撒氣 sā qì to leak (of air) / to go flat (of a tire) / to vent one's anger syn 扁平 biǎn píng flat / planar syn 烙饼 烙餅 lào bǐng pancake / flat bread / griddle cake syn 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 银元 銀元 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar syn 平缓 平緩 píng huǎn level / almost flat / not strongly sloping / (fig.) moderate / mild-mannered / gentle syn 大饼 大餅 dà bǐng large flat bread syn 平底 píng dǐ flat bottomed / low heeled syn 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 蟠桃 pán táo flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母 syn 平川 píng chuān an expanse of flat land syn 没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged / flat / dead (of batteries) 眉间 眉間 méi jiān the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella 露台 露臺 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace 压扁 壓扁 yā biǎn to squash / to crush flat 平顶 平頂 píng dǐng flat roof 平胸 píng xiōng flat-chested 木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 横躺 橫躺 héng tǎng to lie flat 倒伏 dǎo fú (of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat 银圆 銀圓 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 / silver dollar syn 饼 餅 bǐng round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 扇 shàn fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc syn 枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn 扁 biǎn flat / (coll.) to beat (sb) up / old variant of 匾[bian3] syn 横 橫 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent syn 坦 tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth syn 髂骨 qià gǔ ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle) syn 扳子 bān zi spanner / wrench / CL:把[ba3] syn 粑 bā a round flat cake (dialect) 搓板 cuō bǎn washboard / (slang) flat-chested (woman) 洗衣板 xǐ yī bǎn washboard / (jocular) flat chest 扁桃 biǎn táo almond tree / almond / flat peach syn 银洋 銀洋 yín yáng flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 syn 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 笸 pǒ flat basket-tray 狗吃屎 gǒu chī shǐ to fall flat on one's face (vulgar) syn 痦 wù (flat) mole 四脚朝天 四腳朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom) / flat on one's back 㓥房 劏房 tāng fáng (HK) subdivided flat (apartment) / partitioned apartment / tiny residential unit created by dividing a larger flat 扳钳 扳鉗 bān qián wrench / spanner 活动扳手 活動扳手 huó dòng bān shǒu adjustable spanner 士巴拿 shì bā ná (dialect) spanner (loanword) 套筒扳手 tào tǒng bān shǒu socket spanner 扁骨 biǎn gǔ flat bone 幵 qiān (literary) flat / level 踼 táng to fall flat / to fall on the face 圆面饼 圓麵餅 yuán miàn bǐng round flat bread / pita bread 塌棵菜 tā kē cài Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard) / Chinese flat cabbage 拱璧 gǒng bì a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center / fig. a treasure 放平 fàng píng to set level / to lay flat 毫无效果 毫無效果 háo wú xiào guǒ to no avail / achieving nothing / totally ineffective / to have no effect / to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored) 洋钱 洋錢 yáng qián foreign money / flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 syn 爆胎 bào tāi flat tire / burst tire / blowout 虾虎鱼 蝦虎魚 xiā hǔ yú goby (flat fish, Gobiidae) 袋子包 dài zi bāo pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread) 变音记号 變音記號 biàn yīn jì hao (music) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc) 降号 降號 jiàng hào (music) flat (♭) 潮滩 cháo tān tidal flat 平重 flat-loading (n.) 折迭房 折叠房 flat-packing container 平扇叶风扇 平扇葉風扇 flat-bladed fan 定额津贴 定額津貼 flat-rate allowances 錍 pī flat arrow-head / plow blade / also pr. [pi2] 嘴啃泥 zuǐ kěn ní to fall flat on one's face 石硪 shí wò flat stone with ropes attached, used to ram the ground 扑跌 撲跌 pū diē to fall flat on one's face / (martial arts) pouncing and falling (i.e. all kinds of moves) 手刀 shǒu dāo hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop 埫 tǎng flat land / (used in place names) 塅 duàn large area of flat terrain (used in place names) 圢 tǐng flat / level / (used in place names) / variant of 町[ting3] 放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down 扁平足 biǎn píng zú flat feet syn 贫乳 貧乳 pín rǔ small breasts / flat-chested 饹馇 餎餷 gē zha a kind of flat cake made from bean flour, often cut up and fried 