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HSK 4 - Medium
10 strokes
Simplified (switch to Traditional)

瓶

píng

Definition

bottle
vase
pitcher
classifier (for wine and liquids)
measure word

Character Decomposition

Related words (40)

bottle cork; bottle stopper

bottle

jar; flask; vase; bottle

preform

bottled

bottleneck

bottleneck

píng sāi zuàn

corkscrew

píng bí hǎi tún

bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

infusion bag or bottle (for an IV)

baby's feeding bottle

thermos

gas cylinder; air bottle; air tank (diving)

dripper; pipette

laboratory flask

pin (ten-pin bowling)

porcelain bottle

accumulator; battery (for storing electricity)

flower vase; (fig.) just a pretty face

medicine bottle

measuring flask; graduated measuring cylinder

silver bottle

dabbler; dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert

diào píng zú

"infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc

ampoule (loanword)

plastic bottle

bottle opener

kāi píng fèi

corkage fee

tuō yóu píng

(derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage; children by a previous marriage

nuǎn shuǐ píng

thermos flask or bottle

qū jǐng píng

retort; bottle with curved neck

piāo liú píng

message in a bottle

rè shuǐ píng

thermos bottle; vacuum bottle; hot water dispenser (appliance)

diàn píng chē

battery-powered vehicle

xì jǐng píng

jug

zhēn jì píng

ampoule

cháng jǐng píng

flask

bàn píng zi cù

mò shuǐ píng jià

inkstand

旧瓶装新酒

jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ

(lit.) new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework; (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

Idioms (4)

shǒu kǒu rú píng

(lit.) to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word

xīn píng jiù jiǔ

old wine in a new bottle (idiom)

新瓶装旧酒

xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ

old wine in a new bottle (idiom)

半瓶水响叮当

bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng

(lit.) if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom); (fig.) empty vessels make the most noise; one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest

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