边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 界 jiè (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm syn 盘子 盤子 pán zi tray / plate / dish / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 车牌 車牌 chē pái license plate 极限 極限 jí xiàn limit / extreme boundary syn 边界 邊界 biān jiè boundary / border syn 界限 jiè xiàn boundary syn 牌照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 境界 jìng jiè boundary / state / realm syn 底片 dǐ piàn negative / photographic plate syn 国界 國界 guó jiè national boundary / border between countries 无边 無邊 wú biān without boundary / not bordered syn 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 铜板 銅板 tóng bǎn copper coin / copper plate / copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) / (Tw) coin syn 交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn 钢板 鋼板 gāng bǎn steel plate syn 标牌 標牌 biāo pái label / tag / sign / (brass etc) inscribed plate 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 端倪 duān ní boundary / clue / indication / to obtain clues / to infer syn 止境 zhǐ jìng limit / boundary / end syn 临界 臨界 lín jiè critical / boundary 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 铭牌 銘牌 míng pái nameplate / data plate (on a machine) 临界点 臨界點 lín jiè diǎn critical point / boundary point 冷盘 冷盤 lěng pán cold plate / cold meats syn 车号 車號 chē hào vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number) 挂牌 掛牌 guà pái lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market) syn 边际 邊際 biān jì limit / bound / boundary / (economics) marginal syn 边界线 邊界線 biān jiè xiàn boundary line / border line 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 镀金 鍍金 dù jīn to gold-plate / to gild / (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special syn 果盘 果盤 guǒ pán fruit plate / fruit platter 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 界碑 jiè bēi boundary stone / table marking border syn 制版 製版 zhì bǎn to make a plate (printing) 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 疆界 jiāng jiè border / boundary syn 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 上牌 shàng pái to obtain a license plate 边儿 邊兒 biān r side / edge / margin / border / boundary / proximity / thread (of ideas, plots etc) / see also 邊|边[bian1] 号牌 號牌 hào pái license plate / number 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) 鳞甲 鱗甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor syn 金属板 金屬板 jīn shǔ bǎn metal plate 分野 fēn yě dividing line between distinct realms / boundary / field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms) syn 凹版 āo bǎn intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it) 划界 劃界 huà jiè boundary delimitation 省界 shěng jiè provincial boundary 底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn 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 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 野 yě field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral syn 碟 dié dish / plate syn 际 際 jì border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances) syn 境 jìng border / place / condition / boundary / circumstances / territory syn 镀 鍍 dù to plate (with gold, silver etc) / (prefix) -plated syn 畔 pàn (bound form) side / edge / boundary syn 茫 máng vast, with no clear boundary / fig. hazy / indistinct / unclear / confused 钸 鈽 bū metal plate 疆 jiāng border / boundary syn 桁 héng pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole syn 钣 鈑 bǎn metal plate / sheet of metal 定界 dìng jiè demarcation / boundary / delimited / bound (math.) 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 边界层 邊界層 biān jiè céng boundary layer 鋈 wù -plated / to plate syn 圻 qí boundary / a border 畛 zhěn border / boundary / field-path 垓 gāi boundary syn 徼 jiào boundary / to go around 埏 yán boundary 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) 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 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 地壳边界 地殼邊界 continent / ocean boundary / oceanic / continental crust boundary / crust boundary 汽车号牌 汽車號牌 qì chē hào pái vehicle registration plate / license plate 号码牌 號碼牌 hào mǎ pái number plate / car license plate / CL:條|条[tiao2],塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 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 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 转换板块边界 轉換板塊邊界 transform plate boundary 表面边界层 biǎo miàn bian jiè céng surface boundary layer / ground layer / atmospheric boundary layer 大气边界层 大气邊界層 dài qì bian jiè céng atmospheric boundary layer / surface boundary layer 岩层不整合界限 巖層不整合界限 lithostratigraphic unconformity boundary / unconformity boundary 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 