Definition
碟 (dié) is a small, flat dish or plate, often used for serving side dishes, sauces, or snacks. It is narrower in meaning than 盘子 (pán zi), which is the general word for any plate or tray, and is not used for a full meal course like 菜 (cài).
noun
dishplate
Easily confused
- 破pòlook-alike(adjective) worn out, damaged, broken
- 爹diēsound-alikedad (colloquial, rural/northern dialect term for father)
- 跌diēsound-aliketo fall, to tumble (of a person or object)
- 叠diésound-aliketo fold (paper, clothes); to stack (dishes, boxes); to pile up
Examples
- 碟。Qǐng bǎ cài fàng zài dié lǐ.Please put the food on the plate.
- 碟。Chī wán fàn tā bǎ dié xǐ le.After eating, he washed the plate.
- 。Wǒ zài chāoshì mǎi le jǐ gè xīn dié zi.I bought several new plates at the supermarket.
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