# 牌照 (páizhào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 牌照 (páizhào) means “license plate; business license”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: license plate; business license
- Pinyin: páizhào (pai2 zhao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这辆新车还没挂牌照。
  Zhè liàng xīnchē hái méi guà páizhào.
  This new car doesn't have a license plate yet.

## Characters

- [牌](https://hanziro.com/word/pai-sign/) (pái): sign; playing card
- [照](https://hanziro.com/word/zhao-shine-on/) (zhào): to shine on; according to

https://hanziro.com/word/pai-zhao-license-plate/

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