盆
盆 in English
- basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4]
Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
How it used to be written
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Bronze script 春秋 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 5 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他往他自己身上潑了一盆冷水。
He poured cold water over himself.
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天下着倾盆大雨。
It's chucking it down.