Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zhǎn
English
- small cup or container
- a small cup
- bargain; great value (Cantonese)
- classifier for lamps and birdnests
- (of feelings towards lavish enjoyment or lifestyle) great; lovely; enjoyable
- in vain; for nothing; for an undesirable result; to no avail
- classifier for lamps, etc.
- classifier for lamps
粵語
- 燈同燕窩嘅量詞
- 形容某種奢華享受或者生活令人感覺暢快、良好
- 指做某件事冇用、嘥心機,甚至會引起更差嘅結果
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 盞
- 走盞zau2 zaan2
space for compromising (spoken)
- 盞鬼zaan2 gwai2
chic; interesting; funny
- 盞搞zaan2 gaau2
(verb) to do something or work for almost nil; to do something but all to no avail;
- 盞攪zaan2 gaau2
to do something to no avail
- 馬拉盞maa5 laai1 zaan2
(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
- 燈盞dang1 zaan2
lantern
- 盞衰zaan2 seoi1
to do something that will only lead to trouble
- 盞嘢zaan2 je5
good stuff'
- 冇走盞mou5 zau2 zaan2
no other options or alternatives (slang)
- 好盞hou2 zaan2
- 鬼盞gwai2 zaan2
- 把盞baa2 zaan2
to hold the wine glass, to drink alcohol
- 唔盞m4 zaan2
- 燈盞花dang1 zaan2 faa1
daisies
- 咁盞gam3 zaan2
- 盞辛苦zaan2 san1 fu2
- 讕盞laan2 zaan2
- 一盞香jat1 zaan2 hoeng1
- 盞得個zaan2 dak1 go3
- 七盞燈cat1 zaan2 dang1
- 燈盞架dang1 zaan2 gaa3
- 推杯換盞teoi1 bui1 wun6 zaan2
(idiom) to drink together in a convivial atmosphere
- 不知幾盞bat1 zi1 gei2 zaan2
- 冇得走盞mou5 dak1 zau2 zaan2