“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
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |