paan
paan — 名詞
1. a South Asian chewable preparation made by spreading lime paste on a fresh betel
檳榔
用荖葉包堅果、香料等咀嚼物
a South Asian chewable preparation made by spreading lime paste on a fresh betel leaf, adding a mix of chopped areca nut, spices, tobacco, fruit, and sweet pastes, then folding the leaf into a tidy packet that people hold in their cheek and chew for a mild stimulating effect
At the spice market, Otis bought a fresh paan wrapped in a green betel leaf.
Otis 在香料市場買了一個用綠色荖葉包好的新鮮檳榔。
Meera watched her grandmother fold a fresh paan after spreading lime paste on the leaf.
Meera 看著祖母在荖葉上塗好石灰膏，再摺成一個新鮮的檳榔。
collocation: spread lime paste on betel leaf; fold a paan
At the wedding reception, guests were offered silver-foil-covered paan as a traditional after-dinner refreshment.
婚禮宴席上，賓客們收到用銀箔包裹的檳榔，作為傳統的餐後點心。
Ryan folded coconut and cardamom into a betel leaf and handed the paan to a guest.
Ryan 把椰子和荳蔻包進荖葉裡，再把檳榔遞給一位客人。
- betel quid
more formal or technical term, used in medical or anthropological writing; not common in everyday speech
- pan
simplified spelling variant occasionally seen in older texts, but less common today
文法句型
paan + is/was (uncountable)
a paan / one paan (countable)
用法筆記
Paan is a cultural term from South Asia; the closest equivalent in Taiwan is 檳榔 (binlang), though Taiwanese versions usually centre on the areca nut rather than including tobacco or elaborate spice mixes. In English, paan can be countable (one paan, two paans) for individual pieces or uncountable (some paan) for the substance or category.