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 钢铁 鋼鐵 gāng tiě steel syn 硬汉 硬漢 yìng hàn man of steel / unyielding, tough guy syn 忍心 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth / to steel oneself to a task syn 底片 dǐ piàn negative / photographic plate syn 手无寸铁 手無寸鐵 shǒu wú cùn tiě lit. not an inch of steel (idiom) / unarmed and defenseless syn 钢丝 鋼絲 gāng sī steel wire / tightrope 钢管 鋼管 gāng guǎn steel pipe / pole (in pole dancing) 磨练 磨練 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance syn 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 钢筋 鋼筋 gāng jīn steel reinforcing bar 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 不锈钢 不鏽鋼 bù xiù gāng stainless steel 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 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) 卡内基 卡內基 kǎ nèi jī Carnegie (name) / Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Scots American steel millionaire and philanthropist 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 钢材 鋼材 gāng cái steel (as raw material) / steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc syn 电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate 铁棒 鐵棒 tiě bàng iron club / steel rod syn 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 钢条 鋼條 gāng tiáo steel bar 炼钢 煉鋼 liàn gāng to make steel / steelmaking 钢珠 鋼珠 gāng zhū steel ball / bearing ball syn 钢刀 鋼刀 gāng dāo steel knife / sword 楼板 樓板 lóu bǎn floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc) 钢丝绳 鋼絲繩 gāng sī shéng hawser / steel rope syn 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 钢缆 鋼纜 gāng lǎn steel cable / wire cable / steel hawser syn 制版 製版 zhì bǎn to make a plate (printing) 铁马 鐵馬 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 钢轨 鋼軌 gāng guǐ steel rail syn 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 印刷版 yìn shuā bǎn printing plate / printed version (of a digital publication) / printing (as in "1st printing" etc) 钢梁 鋼梁 gāng liáng steel beam / girder 平版 píng bǎn lithographic plate 凸版 tū bǎn relief printing plate 宝钢 寶鋼 bǎo gāng Baosteel, Chinese steel maker formed in a 1998 merger, then merged to form Baowu 寶武鋼鐵|宝武钢铁[Bao3 wu3 Gang1 tie3] in 2016 上牌 shàng pái to obtain a license plate 钢制 鋼製 gāng zhì made of steel / steel (bar, screw, product etc) 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) 钢铁工业 鋼鐵工業 gāng tiě gōng yè steel industry 废钢 廢鋼 fèi gāng scrap metal / steel scrap 碳钢 tàn gāng carbon steel 钢铁厂 鋼鐵廠 gāng tiě chǎng iron and steel works / steelworks 宝钢集团 寶鋼集團 bǎo gāng jí tuán Baosteel, China's largest steel maker 槽钢 槽鋼 cáo gāng steel groove / V-shaped steel bar 钢坯 鋼坯 gāng pī billet (steel industry) 鳞甲 鱗甲 lín jiǎ scale / plate of armor syn 轧机 軋機 zhá jī steel rolling mill syn 金属板 金屬板 jīn shǔ bǎn metal plate 轧钢 軋鋼 zhá gāng to roll steel (into sheets or bars) syn 凹版 āo bǎn intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it) 轧制 軋製 zhá zhì rolling steel 马口铁 馬口鐵 mǎ kǒu tiě tinplate / tin (tin-coated steel) syn 恨铁不成钢 恨鐵不成鋼 hèn tiě bù chéng gāng lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom) / fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations syn 炼钢厂 煉鋼廠 liàn gāng chǎng steel mill 底版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block syn 轧钢厂 軋鋼廠 zhá gāng chǎng a steel rolling mill 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 碟 dié dish / plate syn 钢 鋼 gāng steel syn 轧 軋 zhá to roll (steel) 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 横心 橫心 héng xīn to steel oneself / to harden one's heart 钢花 鋼花 gāng huā spray (or sparks) of molten steel 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 百炼成钢 百煉成鋼 bǎi liàn chéng gāng to be tempered into a steel syn 钢钎 鋼鐱 gāng qiān (mining) drill rod / drill steel 轧钢机 軋鋼機 zhá gāng jī a steel rolling mill 镂 鏤 lòu to engrave / to carve / hard steel syn 鋈 wù -plated / to plate syn 锟 錕 kūn steel sword 镔 鑌 bīn fine steel 钢丝锯 鋼絲鋸 gāng sī jù jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade) 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 铁杖 鐵杖 tiě zhàng steel staff / steel stick 宝武钢铁 寶武鋼鐵 bǎo wǔ gāng tiě Baowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 寶鋼集團|宝钢集团[Bao3 gang1 Ji2 tuan2] and Wuhan Iron and Steel 武漢鋼鐵|武汉钢铁[Wu3 han4 Gang1 tie3] in 2016 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 