“Plate” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages

In Japanese, “plate” is 皿 (sara). In Chinese it is 盘子 (pán zi).

Japanese
皿

さら · sara

お皿は白いです。

The plate is white.

Chinese (Simplified)
盘子

pán zi

这个盘子是白色的。

The plate is white.

Chinese counts it with the measure word 个: 一个盘子 means “one plate”.

“Plate” in 20 languages

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LanguageWordExample
Japanese 皿 さら · sara お皿は白いです。
English plate /pleɪt/ The plate is white.
Chinese (Simplified) 盘子 pán zi 这个盘子是白色的。
Chinese (Traditional) 盤子 pán zi 這個盤子是白色的。
Korean 접시 접시가 하얀색이에요.
Spanish plato El plato es blanco.
French assiette L'assiette est blanche.
German Teller Der Teller ist weiß.
Italian piatto Il piatto è bianco.
Portuguese (Brazil) prato O prato é branco.
Russian тарелка Тарелка белая.
Arabic طبق الطبق أبيض.
Hindi प्लेट प्लेट सफ़ेद है।
Indonesian piring Piringnya putih.
Vietnamese đĩa Cái đĩa màu trắng.
Thai จาน จานสีขาว
Turkish tabak Tabak beyaz.
Dutch bord Het bord is wit.
Swedish tallrik Tallriken är vit.
Polish talerz Talerz jest biały.