砧板 (zam1 baan2 | zhen1 ban3) : cutting board; block; a chopping board, a chopping block

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砧板

zam1 baan2

zhen1 ban3

cutting board; block; a chopping board, a chopping block [Var.] 碪板

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 199,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

砧板

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 1st Sep 2004 23:54 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 03:35

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Characters in this word:

砧 zam1 - anvil
板 baan2 - plank; board

1 compounds containing this word:

肉隨砧板上 - trapped with no way out

Showing 1 example containing 砧板

戙個砧板喺度！粵
Stand the chopping board up here!
[You need to physically point at a space to indicate where 喺度 is.]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

碪板 zam1 baan2 zhen1 ban3 = cutting board; block; a chopping board, a chopping block

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Decimal representation of this word: 砧板

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