盘子 盤子 pán zi tray / plate / dish / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 车牌 車牌 chē pái license plate 牌照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 每日 měi rì daily / (soup etc) of the day syn 底片 dǐ piàn negative / photographic plate syn 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 汤匙 湯匙 tāng chí soup spoon / tablespoon / CL:把[ba3] 肉汤 肉湯 ròu tāng meat soup / broth 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 钢板 鋼板 gāng bǎn steel plate syn 标牌 標牌 biāo pái label / tag / sign / (brass etc) inscribed plate syn 浓汤 濃湯 nóng tāng thick soup / puree 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 冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup) 馄饨 餛飩 hún tun wonton / Chinese ravioli (served in soup) / Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5] 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) 汤勺 湯勺 tāng sháo soup ladle 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 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 汤面 湯麵 tāng miàn noodles in soup syn 面汤 麵湯 miàn tāng noodle soup / noodles in soup / noodle broth syn 糖水 táng shuǐ syrup / sweetened water / tong sui (sweet soup) 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 清汤 清湯 qīng tāng broth / clear soup / consommé 高汤 高湯 gāo tāng clear soup / soup stock 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 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 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 牛肉面 牛肉麵 niú ròu miàn beef noodle soup 麻辣烫 麻辣燙 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls) 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 酸辣汤 酸辣湯 suān là tāng hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup 凸版 tū bǎn relief printing plate 上牌 shàng pái to obtain a license plate 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) 煲汤 煲湯 bāo tāng to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time 板面 板麵 bǎn miàn pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia 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) 底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn 羹汤 羹湯 gēng tāng soup 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 汤 湯 tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled syn 碟 dié dish / plate syn 涮 shuàn to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) syn 羹 gēng thick soup syn 镀 鍍 dù to plate (with gold, silver etc) / (prefix) -plated syn 钸 鈽 bū metal plate 桁 héng pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole syn 钣 鈑 bǎn metal plate / sheet of metal 毛血旺 máo xuè wàng duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 鋈 wù -plated / to plate syn 糨 jiàng (of soup, paste etc) thick syn 汤碗 湯碗 tāng wǎn soup bowl 金丝燕 金絲燕 jīn sī yàn Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup 干面 乾麵 gān miàn noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour 铏 鉶 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / old variant of 硎[xing2] 臐 xūn lamb soup 羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 羹藜唅糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 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) 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 蛋花汤 蛋花湯 dàn huā tāng clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup 汤料 湯料 tāng liào raw materials for making soup / packaged soup mix 鸳鸯锅 鴛鴦鍋 yuān yang guō "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other) 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 歠 chuò (literary) to drink / to sip / gruel / soup 膷 xiāng hashed beef / soup 鉶 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / variant of 硎, whetstone 一杯羹 yī bēi gēng lit. a cup of soup / fig. to get part of the profits / one's share of the action 味噌汤 味噌湯 wèi cēng tāng miso soup 小龙汤包 小龍湯包 xiǎo lóng tāng bāo steamed soup dumpling 氽汤 氽湯 tǔn tāng to prepare a soup 汤汁 湯汁 tāng zhī soup / broth 汤类 湯類 tāng lèi soup dishes (on menu) 翅汤 翅湯 chì tāng shark-fin soup 