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chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl
HSK 7-9
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  *锅* | 锅* | *锅
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL: , 隻|只
HSK 5
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  *铛* | 铛* | *铛
frying pan / griddle
non-stick pan
frying pan
non-stick pan (Tw)
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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
wok / frying pan
to pan for gold / (fig.) to seek quick profits; to cash in (on an opportunity)
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia
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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)
brief period of enthusiasm / flash in the pan
gold panner / prospector for gold
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  *潘* | 潘* | *潘
surname Pan / Pan (Greek god)
Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
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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  *铫* | 铫* | *铫
pan with a long handle
the bottom of a pot or pan / hotpot broth
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)
the tray or pan of a steelyard balance
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  *畚* | 畚* | *畚
a basket or pan used for earth, manure etc
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
(Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / hotpot
guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan)
stew pot / stew pan / saucepan
Pan American
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
brazier / fire pan / hibachi
shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
(cinematography) camera movement (tracking, panning, zooming etc); to execute a camera movement
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
baking pan
pan
pastoral deity; shepherd god (esp. Pan in Greek mythology)
frying pan
Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
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, a county in Jinhua City 金華市|金华市, Zhejiang
bed pan
Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February
chive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients (usually contains scrambled eggs)
(Tw) a square sheet of pastry, typically pan-fried and served with savory fillings or sweet jam
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  *番* | 番* | *番
surname Pan
balance consisting of steelyard with a pan / CL: 臺|台
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  *烙* | 烙* | *烙
to brand / to iron / to bake (in a pan)


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