碟 dié plate
plate; small dish
How to remember 碟: 石 stone + 枼 leaves = plate. At the picnic nobody brought dishes, so the girl picks a flat stone, lays two leaves on it and serves her brother cake on a pretend plate.
Component breakdown
碟 = 石 stone + 枼 leaves
- 石 stone
- 枼 leaves
At the picnic nobody brought dishes, so the girl picks a flat stone, lays two leaves on it and serves her brother cake on a pretend plate.
How it is used
- A small dish/saucer, and a disc - 碟子 (diézi) a small plate, 光碟/影碟 (guāngdié/yǐngdié) a CD/DVD, 飞碟 (fēidié) a flying saucer/UFO.
- 小菜一碟 (xiǎocài-yìdié), just a little side dish, means a piece of cake / no problem at all.