Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 牌

mahjong tile
playing card
game pieces
signboard
plate
tablet
medal
CL:片 (piàn),個／个 (gè),塊／块 (kuài)

unlicensed
unlabeled (goods)

famous brand
nameplate
name tag

dog tag

Wrigley (chewing gum company)

shield
pretext
excuse

tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production
by extension, the lead role

memorial tablet

to draw a tile (at mahjong)
to play mahjong

contract bridge (card game)

fake
impostor
quack (doctor)
imitation brand

to play cards
to play mahjong

high card (poker)

license plate
number plate

red card (sports)

to lay one's cards on the table

see 殼牌公司／壳牌公司 ( Qiàopáigōngsī)

to deal (cards)

playing card

set of cards (e.g. hand, suit, deck or meld etc)

to fold (poker)

menu

trump (suit of cards)

(business) license
vehicle license
car registration
license plate

bronze medal
bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc
CL:枚 (méi)

to play mahjong or cards

silver medal
CL:枚 (méi)

mahjong table; card table; gambling table; gaming table

list price

strong card
honor card (card games)
very popular or successful person
self-important

cards in one's hand
(fig.) undisclosed strength or information
hidden trump

Joker (playing card)

label; tag; sign; (brass etc) inscribed plate

names of the tunes to which 詞／词 (cí) poems are composed

Shuangpai county in Yongzhou 永州 ( Yǒngzhōu), Hunan

brand (of a product)

bus stop sign; train station sign

playing card

board (attached to a wall)

trademark

nameplate
data plate (on a machine)

spirit tablet
memorial tablet

lit. to hang up a plate
to open up for business
listed (on stock market)

memorial arch

license plate

old, well-known brand
old style; old school
an old hand; experienced veteran

a talisman or lucky charm

pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)

(of a product) unbranded

to delist (a traded security)
(sports) to accept a transfer-listed player from another club

door plate
house number

decorated archway

(mahjong) to be one tile away from completing a hand
(sports) to be on the verge of winning

a card game

to bid (bridge and similar card games)

signboard
shop sign
reputation of a business

hangtag; swing tag
hanging sign

Tiger Brand (beer)

inferior brand; little-known brand

(sports) yellow card
(fig.) admonishment

sign
trademark
brand

gold medal
CL:枚 (méi)

brand name
trademark

flag or banner

gambling get-together
game of cards, mahjong etc

medal (awarded as a prize)

(mahjong) to complete a hand

to supply products to be marketed under the buyer's brand name
to manufacture OEM products

trump card

to obtain a license plate

dominoes

to shuffle cards

(archaic) wooden or metal token of authority
(fig.) decree
directive
(computing) token

variant of 和牌 (hupái)

street sign; road sign; street nameplate

hand (in mahjong or card games)

good little boy (or girl)

miscellaneous troops; irregular troops; troops of varied allegiances
uncertified staff

mahjong tile

poker (card game)
playing card
CL:副 (fù)

notice
placard
signboard

erhua variant of 名牌／名牌 (míngpái)

freeloader; moocher; sponger

The Tiger tablet, Yuan dynasty play by Li Zhifu 李直夫 ( Lǐ Zhífū)

erhua variant of 雜牌／杂牌 (zápái)

Vespa (scooter)

shield
(fig.) excuse

no trumps (in card games)

number plate
car license plate
CL:條／条 (tiáo),塊／块 (kuài),片 (piàn)

calendar (esp. illustrated)

Magic the gathering (online fantasy game of card collecting and battling)

food stall
open-air restaurant (originally Hong Kong usage, now usually written as 大排檔／大排档 (dàpáidàng)

jiǎngpáibǎng

medal table
tally of trophies
list of prizewinners

boarding pass

Scutum (constellation)

label
sticker

token ring

placard

billboard

to show one's hand
to lay one's cards on the table

signature dish
a restaurant’s most famous dish

(of a company) to establish a brand name

car with fake plates

fake goods
imitation
forgery

Shuāngpáixiàn

Shuangpai county in Yongzhou 永州 ( Yǒngzhōu), Hunan

umbrella brand (marketing)

Uno (card game)

zhāopáidòngzuò

signature move

liánhépǐnpái

to cobrand

zhǔdǎpǐnpái

flagship brand

gǔpáixiàoyìng

domino effect
ripple effect

zìyǒupǐnpái

private brand

zhēnjiépáifāng

memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow

yǒupáishífēn

5-7 pm

qìchēhàopái

vehicle registration plate
license plate

Qiàopái Gōngsī

Shell (oil company)

lìngpáihuánwǎng

token ring network

qìyuēqiáopái

contract bridge (card game)

duōmǐnuògǔpái

多米诺骨牌

[多米諾骨牌]

dominoes

yòuxiǎngdāngbiǎoziyòuxiǎnglìpáifāng

又想当婊子又想立牌坊

[又想當婊子又想立牌坊]

lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
to want to have one's cake and eat it too

jìyàodāngbiǎoziyòuyàolìpáifāng

既要当婊子又要立牌坊

[既要當婊子又要立牌坊]

see 又想當婊子又想立牌坊／又想当婊子又想立牌坊 (yòuxiǎngdāngbiǎoziyòuxiǎnglìpáifāng)