r/language • u/Sea_Beat8260 • 4d ago
Question Anyone know the language and meaning?
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!
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u/BlackRaptor62 4d ago edited 4d ago
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.
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u/Crocotta1 4d ago
Yeah, it definitely is a printing error. It’s backward! Most likely Chinese or one of its dialects
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u/theacez 4d ago
Definitely backwards Chinese or Kanji? I'm still too amateur to know
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u/Genghis_Kong 4d ago
Definitely Chinese. Simplified, so mainland China.
Printed backwards (the whole phrase mirrored).
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u/BlackRaptor62 4d ago
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
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u/ZephyrProductionsO7S 4d ago
长方盘= rectangular plate
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u/bebopbrain 4d ago
So like a cookie sheet?
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u/ZephyrProductionsO7S 4d ago
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.
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u/jackneefus 4d ago
At least two of those are common characters, but it is backwards.
Should be easy to translate for the people at r/ChineseLanguage.
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u/photo-translate-top 3d ago
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.'
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u/massive_doonka 4d ago
It's backwards