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washbowl / basin for washing hands and face / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盆* | 盆* | *盆
basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 and 8 , approx 128 liters / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
iliac fossa (anatomy) / pelvic basin internal to ilium
(archaeology) Yangshao culture, a Neolithic culture (c. 5000–3000 BC) in the central Yellow River basin, known for painted pottery, millet farming and village settlements
Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
river basin / valley / drainage area
HSK 7-9
(geography) basin / depression
lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom) / fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地
bathroom sink / wash basin
a hand basin
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
the Yili basin around Urumqi in Xinjiang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缽* | 缽* | *缽
small earthenware plate or basin / a monk's alms bowl / Sanskrit paatra
Changjiang or Yangtze river basin
basin
Sichuan basin
the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
Xingxiuhai Basin in Qinghai, more than 4000m above sea level, featuring numerous lakes large and small
basin
Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line / Mt Longmen in Shandong / Mt Longmen in Henan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盂* | 盂* | *盂
basin / wide-mouthed jar or pot
Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia
Bayanbulak grasslands in Uldus basin of Tianshan mountains
lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties
Gaya, a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea (42-532 AD)
bathroom sink / wash basin
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia
If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. (idiom)
basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
the Yellow River basin
Pegu Yoma (mountain range) of south central Myanmar (Burma), separating Irrawaddy and Sittang basins
Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang
washbowl / basin for washing hands and face
basin (water container)
Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys czerskii), a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Amur River basin
Qionglai mountains on the boundary of the Sichuan basin 四川盆地
Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin
the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang


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