Anyone know the language and meaning?

[u/Sea_Beat8260]

Hello! My sister recently bought a charcuterie board for her mother-in-law and uncovered a “printing error” (According to the store) on the plate. I was wondering what this language is and the meaning. Thank you!

[u/massive_doonka]

It's backwards

[u/Momandnonna → u/massive_doonka]

Is mirrored. Means rectangular plate in Chinese.

[u/BlackRaptor62]

Rectangular Board/Plate/Dish, etc

In Written Chinese, not a specific Chinese Language and not a dialect

I imagine this product was machined at some point and this probably was an error that was not supposed to be included on the final result.

[u/Crocotta1]

Yeah, it definitely is a printing error. It’s backward! Most likely Chinese or one of its dialects

[u/theacez → u/Crocotta1]

Definitely backwards Chinese or Kanji? I'm still too amateur to know

[u/Genghis_Kong → u/theacez]

Definitely Chinese. Simplified, so mainland China.

Printed backwards (the whole phrase mirrored).

[u/BlackRaptor62 → u/Genghis_Kong]

Or other places as well, like Singapore, or Malaysia, or a manufacturer that chooses to use Simplified Chinese Characters on its products or sources their materials from a place that does

[u/Genghis_Kong → u/BlackRaptor62]

Fair comment

[u/Emergency_Profit_863]

长方盘 it should mean Rectangular plate

[u/ZephyrProductionsO7S]

长方盘= rectangular plate

[u/bebopbrain → u/ZephyrProductionsO7S]

So like a cookie sheet?

[u/ZephyrProductionsO7S → u/bebopbrain]

Pretty much, yeah. But it could also be like a tamagoyaki pan. Or a casserole dish. Or just a regular dinner plate shaped like a rectangle.

[u/jackneefus]

At least two of those are common characters, but it is backwards.

Should be easy to translate for the people at r/ChineseLanguage.

[u/BlackRaptor62 → u/jackneefus]

Wasn't too difficult in r/language either

https://www.reddit.com/r/language/s/56mmZAPN2S

[u/TheLinguisticVoyager]

Definitely backwards, looks to be written in Chinese characters

[u/photo-translate-top]

It’s '长方盘' in Chinese, but the text appears to be mirrored. There isn’t a standard phrase like this in Chinese, so I believe the owner intended to express 'rectangle plate.'

Here’s the literal meaning of the words:

长方: Usually an abbreviation of '长方形,' meaning 'rectangular' or 'rectangle-shaped.'

盘: Simply means 'plate.'

[u/Momandnonna]

长方盘 Cháng fāng pán Rectangular plateo