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 底片 dǐ piàn negative / photographic plate 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 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) 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 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 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] 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 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 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 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 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 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home 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) 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 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 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 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 压盘 壓盤 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 传压板 傳壓板 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 岩石圈板块 巖石圈板塊 lithosphere plate 板块边界 板塊邊界 plate boundary 陶瓷片 ceramic plate 开发拉普拉塔河流域信托基金 開發拉普拉塔河流域信托基金 Trust Fund for the Development of the River Plate Basin 拉普拉塔河流域条约 拉普拉塔河流域條約 Treaty of the River Plate Basin 牙托 yá tuō mouthguard / occlusal splint / dental impression tray / orthodontic plate / denture base / denture 打席 dǎ xí (baseball) plate appearance (PA) 黑白切 hēi bái qiē (Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and served together on a plate (from Taiwanese 烏白切, Tai-lo pr. [oo-pe̍h-tshiat], where 烏白 means "as one pleases") 大盘鸡 大盤雞 dà pán jī dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang 尾号 尾號 wěi hào last digit (or last few digits) of a phone number, license plate number etc 