Plate in Chinese (Mandarin): 盘子 (pánzi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 盘子

• 盘 / 盤

  Plate or tray. 皿 (dish) is at the bottom.

  11 strokes

• 子

  A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.

  3 strokes

皿 at the bottom of a character often means a dish or container, as in 盒 (hé, box) and 盆 (pén, basin).

More examples with 盘子

• 盘子里有饺子。

  盤子裡有餃子。

  Pánzi li yǒu jiǎozi.

  There are dumplings on the plate.

• 我帮妈妈洗盘子。

  我幫媽媽洗盤子。

  Wǒ bāng māma xǐ pánzi.

  I help Mom wash the plates.

How to write 盘子 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.

In Traditional characters: