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盞 (zaan2) — small cup; cup-shaped utensil in Cantonese

zaanˊ²盞
简 盏
Mandarin Pinyin: zhan3

Meaning of 盞

nounsmall cup; cup-shaped utensil
nounwould merely bring about (sth undesirable); waste efforts | [variant] 賺
nounclassifier for lamps
nounbargain; great value (Cantonese)

Example Sentences with 盞

jatˉ¹一zaanˊ²盞houˊ²好gwongˉ¹光ge˗₃嘅gaai1dang1,街ziu˗₃燈﹐zyuˍ₆照hakˉ¹住am˗₃黑ge˗₃暗gokˊ²嘅lokˍ₆角落。
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.
jauˏ₅有jatˉ¹一zaanˊ²盞gaai1dang1街haiˊ²燈syut3dei6喺soeng6min6雪地上面
There's a streetlight on the snowy ground.
ngoˏ₅我gei2go3幾jyutˍ₆個cinˎ₄月gin3dou2前jauˏ₅見jatˉ¹到zaanˊ²有jauˍ₆一houˊ²盞gwongˉ¹又jauˍ₆好fei1soeng4zi1光gouˉ¹又ge˗₃非gaai1dang1常haiˊ²之cou2dei6高soeng6min6嘅街燈喺草地上面
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
zaanˊ²盞dakˉ¹得neiˏ₅你laa1!啦！
I can only count on you!
keoiˏ₅佢zaanˊ²盞dakˉ¹得gong2.講。
He can only talk.
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Words Containing 盞

千揀萬揀,揀着個爛燈盞cin1 gaan2 maan6 gaan2 ,gaan2 zoek6 go3 laan6 dang1 zaan2
to make a bad choice out of a large number of options (esp with a wife)
盞搞zaan2 gaau2
do something to no avail; do something for nothing
盞衰zaan2 seoi1
do sth. only to end up in a dilemma; to do sth. that only leads to trouble
盞嘢zaan2 je5
good stuff'
盞得zaan2 dak1
in the end only be left with...; fruitlessly...
盞鬼zaan2 gwai2
variant of 㜺鬼
盞攪zaan2 gaau2
do something to no avail; do something for nothing
冇走盞mou5 zau2 zaan2
no other options or alternatives (slang)
燈盞花dang1 zaan2 faa1
daisies
走盞zau2 zaan2
space for compromising (spoken)
盞嘥氣zaan2 saai1 hei3
a sheer waste of efforts for nothing; only in vain
把盞baa2 zaan2
to hold the wine glass, to drink alcohol

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