牌照
pái zhào
Pinyin

Definition

牌照
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pái zhào
  1. (business) licence
  2. vehicle licence
  3. car registration
  4. licence plate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

品牌
pǐn pái
  1. 1 brand name
  2. 2 trademark
照
zhào
  1. 1 variant of 照[zhào]
  2. 2 to shine
  3. 3 to illuminate
照片
zhào piàn
  1. 1 photograph
  2. 2 picture
  3. 3 CL:張|张[zhāng],套[tào],幅[fú]
照顾
zhào gu
  1. 1 to take care of
  2. 2 to show consideration
  3. 3 to attend to
  4. 4 to look after
剧照
jù zhào
  1. 1 photo taken during a theatrical production
  2. 2 a still (from a movie)
合照
hé zhào
  1. 1 to pose for a photo
名牌
míng pái
  1. 1 famous brand
  2. 2 nameplate
  3. 3 name tag
大牌
dà pái
  1. 1 strong card
  2. 2 honor card (card games)
  3. 3 very popular or successful person
  4. 4 self-important
写照
xiě zhào
  1. 1 portrayal
打牌
dǎ pái
  1. 1 to play mahjong or cards
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
招牌
zhāo pai
  1. 1 signboard
  2. 2 shop sign
  3. 3 reputation of a business
按照
àn zhào
  1. 1 according to
  2. 2 in accordance with
  3. 3 in the light of
  4. 4 on the basis of
日照
Rì zhào
  1. 1 Rizhao prefecture level city in Shandong
普照
pǔ zhào
  1. 1 (of the sunlight) to bathe all things
  2. 2 to shine gloriously
照亮
zhào liàng
  1. 1 to illuminate
  2. 2 to light up
  3. 3 lighting
照射
zhào shè
  1. 1 to shine on
  2. 2 to light up
  3. 3 to irradiate
照常
zhào cháng
  1. 1 as usual
照明
zhào míng
  1. 1 lighting
  2. 2 illumination
照样
zhào yàng
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 (same) as usual
  3. 3 in the same manner
  4. 4 still
  5. 5 nevertheless

Idioms (7)

予以照顾
yǔ yǐ zhào gù
  1. 1 to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
照葫芦画瓢
zhào hú lu huà piáo
  1. 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to copy slavishly
照猫画虎
zhào māo huà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject
  2. 2 uninspired imitation
福星高照
fú xīng gāo zhào
  1. 1 lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
肝胆相照
gān dǎn xiāng zhào
  1. 1 to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
阳光普照
yáng guāng pǔ zhào
  1. 1 (idiom) sunlight shines over all things
  2. 2 drenched in sunlight

Sample Sentences

包括牌照和税费，二十多万吧。
bāokuò páizhào hé shuì fèi ，èrshí duō wàn ba 。
Including registration and taxes, a bit more than 200,000.
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身份证，户口本，购车发票，临时牌照，保险单......基本上都齐了。
shēnfènzhèng ，hùkǒuběn ，gòuchē fāpiào ，línshí páizhào ，bǎoxiǎndān ......jīběn shang dōu qí le 。
ID card, residency booklet, proof of purchase for the car, temporary plates, insurance papers - I've got most of it together already.
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那简直就是抢钱嘛！对了，你上牌照的东西都准备好了没有？
nà jiǎnzhí jiùshì qiǎngqián ma ！duì le ，nǐ shàng páizhào de dōngxi dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo le méiyǒu ？
That's highway robbery! Oh, that's right. Have you gotten all the stuff ready that you need to apply for a plate?
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不过还好不像上海那样要牌照拍卖，一张牌照要好几万呢。
bùguò háihǎo bù xiàng Shànghǎi nàyàng yào páizhào pāimài ，yī zhāng páizhào yào hǎo jǐ wàn ne 。
At least it's not like Shanghai where they auction off plates. Each plate is tens of thousands of yuan.
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先填这个表那个表，然后交钱，车辆购置税，车船税，检测费，完了再验车、拍照，最后领行驶证和牌照，走人。
xiān tián zhè ge biǎo nà ge biǎo ，ránhòu jiāoqián ，chēliàng gòuzhì shuì ，chēchuán shuì ，jiǎncè fèi ，wán le zài yàn chē 、pāizhào ，zuìhòu lǐng xíngshǐ zhèng hé páizhào ，zǒurén 。
First you fill out some forms, then pay the fees - the car purchasing tax, the vehicle tax and the examination fee. When that's over the car is examined, they take some pictures and finally you pick up the driving permit and plate and go.
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