飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 廊桥 廊橋 láng qiáo covered bridge / (aviation) passenger boarding bridge / jet bridge 号牌 號牌 hào pái license plate / number plate 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 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 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 卢沟桥 盧溝橋 lú gōu qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1] 桥接 橋接 qiáo jiē to join by or as if by a bridge / to bridge 桥头堡 橋頭堡 qiáo tóu bǎo bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion) syn 跨海大桥 跨海大橋 kuà hǎi dà qiáo bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water) 架桥 架橋 jià qiáo to bridge / to put up a bridge 赵州桥 趙州橋 zhào zhōu qiáo Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge 芦沟桥 蘆溝橋 lú gōu qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1] 登机廊桥 登機廊橋 dēng jī láng qiáo air bridge / aircraft boarding bridge 东海大桥 東海大橋 dōng hǎi dà qiáo Donghai Bridge, 32.5 km bridge between Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan deep-water port 机械化浮桥 jī xiè huà fú qiáo motorized pontoon bridge (generic) / ribbon bridge (US) 剪式桥 剪式橋 jiǎn shì qiáo scissor assault bridge / scissor bridge 电导电桥盐度计 電導電橋鹽度計 diàn dǎo diàn qiáo yán duó jì conductivity bridge salinometer / Wheatstone bridge salinometer 惠斯通电桥盐度计 惠斯通電橋鹽度計 huì sī tòng diàn qiáo yán duó jì conductivity bridge salinometer / Wheatstone bridge salinometer 钢梁 鋼梁 gāng liáng steel beam / girder 丁字梁 dīng zì liáng T-girder 桁梁 héng liáng brace girder 箱梁 xiāng liáng box girder (construction) 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 牌照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 钢板 鋼板 gāng bǎn steel plate syn 车牌 車牌 chē pái license plate 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) 上牌 shàng pái to obtain a license plate 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 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) 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) 车号 車號 chē hào vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number) 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 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) 旋子 鏇子 xuàn zi large metal plate for making bean curd / metal pot for warming wine syn 板块理论 板塊理論 bǎn kuài lǐ lùn plate tectonics 板式塔 bǎn shì tǎ distillation tower / bubble tower / plate column 泡罩塔 pào zhào tǎ distillation tower / bubble tower / plate column 波带片 波帶片 bō dài piān zone plate 汤盘 湯盤 tāng pán soup plate 照片底版 zhào piàn dǐ bǎn a photographic plate 车号牌 車號牌 chē hào pái car number-plate 银盘 銀盤 yín pán silver plate / galactic disc 铁板牛柳 鐵板牛柳 tiě bǎn niú liǔ fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate 铁板牛肉 鐵板牛肉 tiě bǎn niú ròu beef grilled on a hot iron plate 铁板茄子 鐵板茄子 tiě bǎn qié zi eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate 飞片透镜 flying plate lens 盘式塔 pán shì tǎ tray tower / tray column / plate column 滤板 lǜ pàn sieve plate / sieve tray / perforated tray 盘式磨 盤式磨 plate mill 板块构造学 板塊構造學 plate tectonics 转换板块边界 轉換板塊邊界 transform plate boundary 统一牌照 統一牌照 tǒng yī pái zhào common licence plate 统一牌照制度 統一牌照制度 tǒng yī pái zhào zhì duó Uniform License Plate System