Chinese word dictionary

叼盘

diāo pán · (of a dog) to hold a frisbee in its mouth; (fig.) derogatory nickname given to Hu Xijin 胡錫進|胡锡进[Hu2 Xi1 jin4] for doing the CCP's bidding as editor of the "Global Times"

Practice word

Word information

Simplified叼盘

Traditional叼盤

Pinyindiāo pán

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

叼diāo

to hold in the mouth

盘pán

tray, plate, dish; to examine

How to learn 叼盘

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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盘子pánzi

tray; plate; dish; CL:個|个[ge4]

键盘jiànpán

keyboard

盘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)

叼diāo

to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)

方向盘fāngxiàngpán

steering wheel

光盘guāngpán

compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM; CL:片[pian4],張|张[zhang1]