盆 (pén) means Basin (washbasin). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他端来了一 盆 水。
Tā duān lái le yì pén shuǐ.
He brought over a basin of water.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 盆
阳台上有几 盆 花。
Yángtái shàng yǒu jǐ pén huā.
There are several pots of flowers on the balcony.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 盆
阳台上种着几 盆 花。
Yángtái shàng zhòng zhe jǐ pén huā.
Several pots of flowers are growing on the balcony.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 阳台
这个 盆 地四面环山。
Zhège péndì sìmiàn huán shān.
This basin is ringed by mountains on all sides.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盆地
盆 地里夏天特别热。
Péndì lǐ xiàtiān tèbié rè.
Summers in the basin are especially hot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盆地
他的话犹如一 盆 冷水。
Tā de huà yóurú yì pén lěngshuǐ.
His words were like a basin of cold water.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 犹如
妈妈在 盆 里搓洗着衣服。
Māma zài pén lǐ cuō xǐzhe yīfu.
Mum was scrubbing the clothes in the basin.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 搓
几 盆 花给房间增添了生气。
Jǐ pén huā gěi fángjiān zēngtiān le shēngqì.
A few pots of flowers added life to the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 增添
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Words that contain 盆
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Questions about 盆
How is 盆 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 盆 (pén, "Basin (washbasin)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 盆 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 盆 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 盆 an HSK word?
Yes — 盆 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 盆?
The dictionary page for 盆 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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