马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl syn 淘金 táo jīn to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune 便盆 biàn pén bed pan 平底锅 平底鍋 píng dǐ guō frying pan syn 昙花一现 曇花一現 tán huā yī xiàn lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived syn 锅子 鍋子 guō zi pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot syn 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn 火盆 huǒ pén brazier / fire pan / hibachi 炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 鱼苗 魚苗 yú miáo fry / newly hatched fish syn 不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan 炒锅 炒鍋 chǎo guō wok / frying pan 燕雀 yàn què (bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) / (fig.) small fry 油炸 yóu zhá to deep fry 潘金莲 潘金蓮 pān jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅 泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China 板面 板麵 bǎn miàn pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia 小虾米 小蝦米 xiǎo xiā mi shrimp / fig. small fry / minor player 龙井茶 龍井茶 lóng jǐng chá Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang 潘岳 pān yuè Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man" 煎炒 jiān chǎo to lightly fry 炸 zhá to deep fry / (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable) / Taiwan pr. [zha4] syn 般 pán see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4] syn 炒 chǎo to sauté / to stir-fry / to speculate (in real estate etc) / to scalp / to hype up / to sack / to fire (sb) syn 板 闆 pàn to catch sight of in a doorway (old) syn 胖 pán healthy / at ease 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 判 pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn 爆 bào to explode or burst / to quick fry or quick boil syn 锅 鍋 guō pot / pan / wok / cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] syn 炮 bāo to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating syn 炮 páo to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan) syn 番 pān surname Pan syn 盼 pàn to hope for / to long for / to expect syn 潘 pān surname Pan / Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes 攀 pān to climb (by pulling oneself up) / to implicate / to claim connections of higher status syn 泛 fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn 扳 pān variant of 攀[pan1] syn 叛 pàn to betray / to rebel / to revolt syn 磐 pán firm / stable / rock syn 烙 lào to brand / to iron / to bake (in a pan) syn 拚 pàn to strive for / to struggle / to disregard / to reject 蟠 pán to coil syn 畔 pàn (bound form) side / edge / boundary syn 铛 鐺 chēng frying pan / griddle syn 彼得潘 bǐ dé pān Peter Pan, the novel character 泮 pàn (literary) to melt / to dissolve 秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn 煸 biān to stir-fry before broiling or stewing syn 鲲 鯤 kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2] 氽 tǔn to float / to deep-fry syn 煎锅 煎鍋 jiān guō frying pan 炖锅 燉鍋 dùn guō stew pot / stew pan / saucepan 平锅 平鍋 píng guō pan 秤盘 秤槃 chèng pán the tray or pan of a steelyard balance 蹒 蹣 pán used in 蹣跚|蹒跚[pan2shan1] / Taiwan pr. [man2] syn 袢 pàn used in 袷袢[qia1 pan4] / variant of 襻[pan4] 熘 liū quick-fry / sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added / also written 溜 syn 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 畚 běn a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc 襻 pàn button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together / to stitch together syn 磻 pán name of a river in Shaanxi 铫 銚 diào pan with a long handle syn 炒冷饭 炒冷飯 chǎo lěng fàn to stir-fry leftover rice / fig. to rehash the same story / to serve up the same old product syn 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 眅 pān show the whites of eyes 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? 避坑落井 bì kēng luò jǐng to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire syn 蒸发皿蒸发量 蒸發皿蒸發量 pan evaporation rate / pan evaporation 水煎包 shuǐ jiān bāo pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling 焌 qū to extinguish a burning object / to singe sth with a smoldering object (e.g. burn a hole in one's trousers with a cigarette) / to stir-fry / to pour a mixture of hot oil and flavorings over food 用油炸 yòng yóu zhá fry 煠 yè to fry in fat or oil / to scald 焌油 jùn yóu to stir fry 煎炸 jiān zhá to fry 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? 秧子 yāng zi sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) (derog.) suffix used to indicate a type of person syn 翻炒 fān chǎo to stir-fry 喽啰 嘍囉 lóu luo rank and file member of an outlaw gang / (fig.) underling / minion / small fry 清炒 qīng chǎo to stir-fry / to saute 加拿大伊丽莎白·弗赖伊协会联合会 加拿大伊麗莎白·弗賴伊協會聯合會 Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies 干煸 乾煸 gān biān to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water) 现炒现卖 現炒現賣 xiàn chǎo xiàn mài lit. to fry and sell on the spot / fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school 鱼花 魚花 yú huā fry / newly hatched fish syn 煸炒 biān chǎo to stir-fry in a small quantity of oil 熟炒 shú chǎo to stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked 拌炒 bàn chǎo to stir-fry 吱嘎声 吱嘎聲 zhī gā shēng (linguistics) creaky voice / vocal fry 饼铛 餅鐺 bǐng chēng baking pan 幋 pán large scarf 柈 pán plate 縏 pán small bag / sack 鞶 pán large belt 詊 pàn pleasing / clever talk 頖 pàn disperse 媻 pán to move 三分钟热度 三分鐘熱度 sān fēn zhōng rè dù brief period of enthusiasm / flash in the pan 