盆 pén

1. pén noun a pot; a basin; a tub; a bowl
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 澡盆 bathtub (CC-CEDICT '盆'; Guoyu '盆' n 1; Kroll 2015 '盆' 1, p. 337; Unihan '盆'; XHZD '盆' 1, p. 556)
2. pén measure word unit of volume equal to 12 dou and 8 sheng
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: An old measure of volume, approximately 128 liters (CC-CEDICT '盆'; Guoyu '盆' n 3; Kroll 2015 '盆' 2, p. 337)
3. pén verb to flood
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '盆' v; Kroll 2015 '盆' 3, p. 337)

Contained in

• 吐鲁番盆地(吐魯番盆地) the Turpan Depression
• 鸟澡盆(鳥澡盆) birdbath
• 盆浴 bathtub
• 准噶尔盆地(準噶爾盆地) Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang
• 洗脸盆(洗臉盆) washbowl; basin for washing hands and face
• 夜盆儿(夜盆兒) chamber pot
• 倾盆大雨(傾盆大雨) a downpour; rain bucketing down; fig. to be overwhelmed (with work or things to study)
• 骨盆 pelvis
• 尿盆儿(尿盆兒) chamber pot
• 浴盆 bathtub
• 一盆浆糊(一盆漿糊) one pot of starch
• 金盆洗手 to wash one's hands in a gold basin; to abandon the life of an outlaw
• 临盆(臨盆) at childbirth; in labor
• 水盆 basin
• 盆景 bonsai; landscape in a pot
• 盆花 flower pot
• 覆盆子 raspberry
• 费尔干纳盆地(費爾幹納盆地) the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan
• 戴盆望天 viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head; it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations
• 聚宝盆(聚寶盆) treasure bowl; source of wealth; cornucopia; gold mine
• 扣屎盆子 to make a scapegoat of somebody; to defame; to slander
• 尿盆 chamber pot
• 便盆 bed pan
• 血盆大口 bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl; ferocious mouth of beast of prey; greedy exploiter
• 脸盆(臉盆) washbowl
• 花盆 flower pot
• 盆钵(盆缽) generic term for pottery
• 盆地 basin
• 鼓盆 to drum on a bowl
• 台盆(臺盆) washbasin
• 澡盆 bath tub
• 冷盆 cold dish; appetizer
• 饭盆(飯盆) pet food bowl; dog bowl
• 滤盆(濾盆) colander
• 纸盆(紙盆) paper cone used as hailer
• 焉耆盆地 Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
• 盆栽 growing plants in pots
• 盆友 friend
• 鼓盆之戚 drumming on a bowl in grief
• 倾盆(傾盆) a downpour; rain bucketing down
• 盆腔 the pelvic cavity; birth canal
• 洗盆 basin (water container)
• 泥盆纪(泥盆紀) Devonian
• 盥洗盆 washbowl
• 火盆 brazier; fire pan; hibachi

Also contained in

柴达木盆地 、 四大盆地 、 四川盆地 、 二连盆地 、 台北盆地 、 伊犁盆地

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 37 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
• 卷八十八　列傳第十八: 蕭敵烈 耶律盆奴 蕭排押 耶律資忠 耶律瑤質 耶律弘古 高正 耶律的琭 大康乂 Volume 88 Biographies 18: Xiao Dilie, Yelu Pennu, Xiao Paiya, Yelu Zizhong, Yelu Yaozhi, Yelu Honggu, Gao Zheng, Yelu Delu, Da Kangyi History of Liao 遼史 — count: 9
• 卷六十五　列傳第三:　始祖以下諸子 斡魯 輩魯 謝庫德孫:拔達 謝夷保子:盆納 謝里忽 烏古出 跋黑 崇成本名僕灰 劾孫子:浦家奴 麻頗子:謾都本 弟:謾都訶 子:蠻睹(蠻睹曾孫惟鎔，本名沒烈) 斡帶 斡賽子:宗永 斡者孫:璋 昂本名吾都補，子:鄭家 Volume 65 Biographies 3: Sons and descendants of Shizu - Wo Lu, Bei Lu, Xie Kude and grandson: Bada, Xie Yibao and son: Penna, Xie Lihu, Wu Guchu, Ba Hei, Chong Cheng formerly named Puhui, He Sun and son: Pu Jianu, Ma Po and son: Man Douben, younger brother: Man Douhe, son: Man Du (Mandu nephew Weirong, formerly named Meilie), Wo Dai, Wo Sai and son: Zongyong, Wo Zhe and grandson: Zhang, Ang formerly named Wu Doubu and son: Zhengjia History of Jin 金史 — count: 8
• 第二回 Chapter 108 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
• 第二回 Chapter 52 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
• 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 6
• 卷六十四 志第四十 儀衞 Volume 64 Treatises 40: Ceremonial Guards History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 卷六十六　列傳第五十六 杜僧明 周文育 侯瑱 侯安都 歐陽頠 黃法𣰰 淳于量 章昭達 吳明徹 Volume 66 Biographies 56: Du Sengming, Zhou Wenyu, Hou Zhen, Hou Andou, Ouyang Wei, Huang Fa, Chun Yuliang, Zhang Zhaoda, Wu Mingche History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 55 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 卷七　精神訓 Chapter 7: Spirit Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 5

Collocations

• 盆城 (盆城) 猗盧自將六萬騎次于盆城 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五 帝紀第五 孝懷帝 孝愍帝 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Huai; Emperor Min — count: 64
• 镇盆 (鎮盆) 世祖還鎮盆城拒沈攸之 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷二十一 列傳第二 文惠太子 Volume 21 Biographies 2: Crown Prince Wenhui — count: 18
• 盆生 (盆生) 子盆生 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷44 羅結 伊馛 乙瑰 和其奴 苟頽 薛野𧗠者 宇文福 費于 孟威 Volume 44: Luo Jie, Yi Bo, Yi Gui, He Qinu, Gou Tui, Xueye Zhe, Yuwen Fu, Fei Yu, Meng Wei — count: 8
• 盆水 (盆水) 今盆水在庭 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 7
• 覆盆 (覆盆) 地如覆盆 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二十三 志第十三 天文一 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Astronomy 1 — count: 7
• 盆允 (盆允) 治盆允 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷三十八 志第二十八 州郡四 Volume 38 Treatises 28: Administrative Districts 4 — count: 5
• 袭盆 (襲盆) 至夜回下襲盆城 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷四十 列傳第二十一 武十七王 Volume 40 Biographies 21: Emperor Wu's Seventeen Princes — count: 5
• 兰盆 (蘭盆) 罷內出盂蘭盆 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十二 本紀第十二: 德宗上 Volume 12 Annals 12: Dezong 1 — count: 5
• 治盆 (治盆) 治盆允 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷三十八 志第二十八 州郡四 Volume 38 Treatises 28: Administrative Districts 4 — count: 5
• 盆成 (盆成) 盆成括仕於齊 — Mencius 孟子, 盡心下 Jin Xin II — count: 4