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 战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone / combat zone / (military) theater of operations syn 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 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 禁飞区 禁飛區 jìn fēi qū no-fly zone / no-fly area / air exclusion zone 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 鋈 wù -plated / to plate syn 带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn 地带 地帶 dì dài zone / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 险境 險境 xiǎn jìng critical circumstances / risky conditions / danger zone syn 时区 時區 shí qū time zone 安全区 安全區 ān quán qū a safe area / a security zone 外带 外帶 wài dài take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone syn 危险区 危險區 wēi xiǎn qū hazardous area / hazard area / dangerous area / hazard zone syn 步行街 bù xíng jiē car-free zone / pedestrian street 亚热带 亞熱帶 yà rè dài subtropical (zone or climate) 经济特区 經濟特區 jīng jì tè qū special economic zone 海区 海區 hǎi qū maritime zone 温带 溫帶 wēn dài temperate zone 保税区 保稅區 bǎo shuì qū duty-free district / tariff-free zone / bonded area 自由贸易区 自由貿易區 zì yóu mào yì qū free trade zone / free trade area 中区 中區 zhōng qū central district (of a city) / central zone 开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies 专属经济区 專屬經濟區 zhuān shǔ jīng jì qū exclusive economic zone 东区 東區 dōng qū east district of city / east zone / Tung east district of a Taiwanese city 西区 西區 xī qū west district of city / west zone / Hsi west district of a Taiwanese city 南区 南區 nán qū south district of city / south zone / Nan south district of a Taiwanese city 工业区 工業區 gōng yè qū industrial zone 防波堤 fáng bō dī breakwater / seawall / fig. defensive buffer zone 开发区 開發區 kāi fā qū development zone 断裂带 斷裂帶 duàn liè dài fault zone (geology) 死区 死區 sǐ qū dead zone / blind spot 副热带 副熱帶 fù rè dài subtropical (zone or climate) 板门店 板門店 bǎn mén diàn Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone 非军事区 非軍事區 fēi jūn shì qū demilitarized zone 倒时差 倒時差 dǎo shí chā to adjust to a different time zone 限制区 限制區 xiàn zhì qū restricted zone 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 不饱和层 不飽和層 non-saturated zone / zone of aeration / vadose zone 通气层 通气層 tòng qì céng non-saturated zone / zone of aeration / vadose zone 饱和层 飽和層 zone of saturation / saturated zone / phreatic zone 饱和带 飽和帶 zone of saturation / saturated zone / phreatic zone 饱和区 飽和區 zone of saturation / saturated zone / phreatic zone 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 毕尼奥夫带 畢尼奧夫帶 bì ní ào fū dài Benioff zone (geology) / also called Wadati-Benioff zone 破片杀伤区 fragmentation hazard zone / fragmentation zone / fragmentation danger area 200海里区 200海里區 200hai3 lǐ qū 200 mile zone / 200 M zone 中亚无核武器区 中亞無核武器區 Central Asian nuclear-weapon-free zone / nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia 国际区 國際區 guó jì qū International Zone / Green Zone 空降区 空降區 drop zone / dropping zone 空投区 空投區 drop zone / dropping zone 爆炸危险区 爆炸危險區 blast hazard zone / blast zone / blast danger area 