盘 pán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 舟 boat, ship 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
盘旋
pánxuán
to circle; to hover; to linger
Characters in this word
旋 xuán
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 方 — square, rectangle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 救援直升机在峡谷上空盘旋，寻找可以降落的地点。 Jiùyuán zhíshēngjī zài xiágǔ shàngkōng pánxuán, xúnzhǎo kěyǐ jiàngluò de dìdiǎn. The rescue helicopter circled above the canyon, looking for a place to land.
- 一只老鹰在山顶上空盘旋。 Yī zhī lǎoyīng zài shāndǐng shàngkōng pánxuán. An eagle circled above the mountaintop.
- 山路在山间盘旋而上，一直通到山顶。 Shānlù zài shānjiān pánxuán ér shàng, yīzhí tōngdào shāndǐng. The mountain road winds upward through the mountains all the way to the summit.
Related words
- 光盘 guāngpán disc
- 盘 pán plate; a measure word for dishes
- 盘子 pánzi plate
- 键盘 jiànpán keyboard
- 方向盘 fāngxiàngpán steering wheel
- 盘算 pánsuan to calculate; to plan; to consider
- 算盘 suànpán abacus; calculations; plan
- 硬盘 yìngpán hard disk; hard drive
- 旋转 xuánzhuǎn to rotate, to revolve
- 凯旋 kǎixuán to return triumphant
- 旋律 xuánlǜ melody
- 旋涡 xuánwō vortex; whirlpool