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盘子

pán zi · pan zi

Traditional 盤子

HSK 4Old HSK 3Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. tray
  2. plate
  3. dish
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Bring me four plates

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)帮(bāng)我(wǒ)拿(ná)四个(sìgè)盘子(pánzi)，客人(kèrén)要(yào)来(lái)了(le)。

    Liangliang, bring me four plates. The guests are coming.

  2. Liangliang

    好的(hǎode)！

    OK!

  3. Dengdeng

    怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)久(jiǔ)？盘子(pánzi)呢(ne)？

    Why so long? Where are the plates?

  4. Liangliang

    盘子(pánzi)来(lái)了(le)，一共(yīgòng)十二个(shíèrgè)！

    The plates are here! Twelve in all!

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)要(yào)四个(sìgè)盘子(pánzi)啊(a)！

    I only wanted four plates!

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)怕(pà)不够(bùgòu)，客人(kèrén)可能(kěnéng)很(hěn)饿(è)。

    I was afraid it wasn't enough. The guests might be very hungry.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)有(yǒu)多(duō)少(shao)个(gè)盘(pán)子(zi)？

How many plates do we have?

Tatoeba: Chinese by xjjAstrus · English by lukaszpp · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)必(bì)须(xū)把(bǎ)这(zhè)些(xiē)脏(zāng)盘(pán)子(zi)全(quán)部(bù)洗(xǐ)掉(diào)。

We must wash all these dirty plates.

Tatoeba: Chinese by gonnastop · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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