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  *判* | 判* | *判
(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge; to decide; to grade / (of a judge) to sentence
HSK 6
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  *盤* | 盤* | *盤
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)
HSK 4
pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia
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  *鍋* | 鍋* | *鍋
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL: , 隻|只
HSK 5
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  *攀* | 攀* | *攀
to climb (by pulling oneself up) / to implicate / to claim connections of higher status
HSK 7-9
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  *煎* | 煎* | *煎
to pan fry / to sauté
HSK 7-9
tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade
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  *拚* | 拚* | *拚
to strive for / to struggle / to disregard / to reject
non-stick pan (Tw)
Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
to pan for gold / to try to make a fortune
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  *胖* | 胖* | *胖
healthy / at ease
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  *盼* | 盼* | *盼
to hope for / to long for / to expect
HSK 7-9
brief period of enthusiasm / flash in the pan
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  *泛* | 泛* | *泛
(bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
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  *縏* | 縏* | *縏
small bag / sack
chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl
HSK 7-9
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  *襻* | 襻* | *襻
button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together; to stitch together
gold panner / prospector for gold
non-stick pan
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  *潘* | 潘* | *潘
surname Pan / Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes
frying pan
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
pan-fried dumpling
Peter Pan, the novel character
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  *炮* | 炮* | *炮
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
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  *般* | 般* | *般
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  *銚* | 銚* | *銚
pan with a long handle
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  *柈* | 柈* | *柈
plate
pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling
pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)
Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)
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  *畔* | 畔* | *畔
(bound form) side; edge; boundary
(cinematography) camera movement (tracking, panning, zooming etc); to execute a camera movement
stew pot / stew pan / saucepan
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  *畚* | 畚* | *畚
a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc
(Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats
the bottom of a pot or pan / hotpot broth
the tray or pan of a steelyard balance
Pan American
baking pan
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
brazier / fire pan / hibachi
shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
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  *鞶* | 鞶* | *鞶
large belt
frying pan
to have the looks of a Pan An 潘安 (referring to a historical figure said to be extremely handsome)
to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire
a faun; (esp.) Pan, son of Hermes in Greek mythology
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  *泮* | 泮* | *泮
(literary) to melt / to dissolve
out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
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  *叛* | 叛* | *叛
to betray / to rebel / to revolt
Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安, prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"
Pan'an county in Jinhua 金華|金华, Zhejiang
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
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  *頖* | 頖* | *頖
disperse
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  *磻* | 磻* | *磻
name of a river in Shaanxi
bed pan
pan
chive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients (usually contains scrambled eggs)
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  *蹣* | 蹣* | *蹣
used in 蹣跚|蹒跚 / Taiwan pr. [man2]
wok / frying pan
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  *眅* | 眅* | *眅
show the whites of eyes
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  *磐* | 磐* | *磐
firm / stable / rock
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  *鐺* | 鐺* | *鐺
frying pan / griddle
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  *媻* | 媻* | *媻
to move
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  *蟠* | 蟠* | *蟠
to coil
Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February
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  *番* | 番* | *番
surname Pan
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  *湴* | 湴* | *湴
to wade through water or mud
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  *詊* | 詊* | *詊
pleasing / clever talk
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
(Tw) a square sheet of pastry, typically pan-fried and served with savory fillings or sweet jam
Pan'an county in Jinhua 金華|金华, Zhejiang
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  *幋* | 幋* | *幋
large scarf
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  *槃* | 槃* | *槃
variant of 盤|盘 / wooden tray
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  *爿* | 爿* | *爿
classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)
balance consisting of steelyard with a pan / CL: 臺|台
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  *鋬* | 鋬* | *鋬
(dialect) handle of a cup, kettle or other vessel
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  *烙* | 烙* | *烙
to brand / to iron / to bake (in a pan)
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  *扳* | 扳* | *扳
variant of
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  *闆* | 闆* | *闆
to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
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  *袢* | 袢* | *袢
used in 袷袢 / variant of


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