🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

平底锅

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: píng dǐ guō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pan/pæn/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"把菜放在平底锅里炒一下。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A shallow, wide, open metal container used for cooking, frying, or baking food.

    "She heated some oil in a frying pan to cook the vegetables."
As verb
  1. 1

    To swing a movie or television camera horizontally to sweep over a scene or follow a moving object.

    "The camera pans slowly across the majestic mountain range."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'panne', of Germanic origin, sharing roots with Dutch 'pan' and German 'Pfanne'. Ultimately, it traces back to Late Latin 'patina' meaning shallow dish or pan, influenced by Greek 'patane'.

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