盘 (pán): tray, plate, dish, (finance) (bound form) market prices, (computing) (bound form) disk
盘 (pán) is a Chinese character meaning “tray.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 舟 (structural) and 皿 (semantic). It ranks #1048 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 盘 dish. Its radical form 皿 (dish) appears in many related characters such as 益 (yì, benefit), 盐 (yán, salt), 盖 (gài, lid).
Definitions
- tray
- plate
- dish
- (finance) (bound form) market prices
- (computing) (bound form) disk
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 盘
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地盘noun | dì pán | domain |
| 硬盘noun | yìng pán | hard disk |
| 盘问verb | pán wèn | to interrogate |
| 方向盘noun | fāng xiàng pán | steering wheel |
| 全盘noun | quán pán | overall |
| 盘旋verb | pán xuán | to spiral |
| 盘算verb | pán suàn | to plot |
| 棋盘noun | qí pán | chessboard |
| 托盘noun | tuō pán | tray |
| 罗盘noun | luó pán | compass |
| 圆盘noun | yuán pán | disk |
| 胎盘noun | tāi pán | placenta |
| 底盘noun | dǐ pán | chassis |
| 转盘 | zhuàn pán | turntable |
| 磁盘noun | cí pán | (computer) disk |
盘 appears in 103 compound words: 45 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 盘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
describes wine cups and plates spread over a dining table in disarray after a feast
great tangled root system; complicated affair; complicated and difficult to deal with
intertwined dragons and sleeping tigers; talented men still remaining in concealment
Showing 8 of 9 idioms containing 盘.
Example Sentences
盘字由11笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
pán zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "盘" consists of 11 strokes and has a very ingenious structure.
盘中速报 - MANTRA大涨8.28%,...
pán zhōng sù bào M A N T R A dà zhǎng 8 . 2 8 , . . .
Intraday Express - MANTRA surged 8.28%,...
...DR封关期间涨逾2%...台股金马年开红盘 蓄势冲关34K
. . . D R fēng guān qī jiān zhǎng yú 2 . . . tái gǔ jīn mǎ nián kāi hóng pán xù shì chōng guān 3 4 K
... DR rose more than 2% during the customs closure... Taiwan stocks opened in the red market in the Year of the Golden Horse and are poised to break through 34K
盘中速报 - Ethena大跌8.31%,...
pán zhōng sù bào E t h e n a dà diē 8 . 3 1 , . . .
Intraday Express - Ethena fell 8.31%,...
五特攻队跃领涨先锋 将是大盘上冲34,000点焦点
wǔ tè gōng duì yuè lǐng zhǎng xiān fēng jiāng shì dà pán shàng chōng 3 4 , 0 0 0 diǎn jiāo diǎn
The five special forces jumped to the vanguard and will be the focus of the market rising to 34,000 points
美关税新变局 台币走势将以盘待变
měi guān shuì xīn biàn jú tái bì zǒu shì jiāng yǐ pán dài biàn
New changes in US tariffs The trend of the Taiwan dollar will be waiting for changes
胎盘的角色是滋养胎儿。
Tāipán de juésè shì zīyǎng tāi'ér.
The role of the placenta is to nourish the foetus.
到洗涤槽去帮忙洗碗盘吧！
Dào xǐdícáo qù bāngmáng xǐwǎn pán ba!
Go and help wash up at the sink!
一盘抓饭配一些烤肉串就是人间天堂。
Yī pán zhuāfàn pèi yīxiē kǎoròu chuàn jiùshì rénjiāntiāntáng.
A plate of pilaf with some kebabs is heaven on earth.
塑料盘子在烤箱里会化的。
Sùliào pánzi zài kǎoxiāng lǐ huì huà de.
A plastic dish will melt on the stove.
Character Family
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