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杯子bēi zi

cup
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
杯子 | bēizi | |
1. n. cup; glass | ||
Components | ||
杯 | bēi | |
1. cup, glass | ||
杯子zi - cup, glass | ||
2. cup, trophy | ||
世界杯 - world cup | ||
3. (Classifier for cups/glasses of drinks.) | ||
一 杯 茶 - a cup of tea | ||
還 想 喝 一 杯 嗎? - Would you like another drink? | ||
4. usage. Nowadays, the variant character 盃 is chiefly used as sense 2, cup, trophy. | ||
子 | zǐ | |
1. (zh-alt-form, 籽, seed) | ||
2. young; tender; small | ||
3. (Prefix attached to nouns, denoting a part of, belonging to or individual.) sub- | ||
4. (astrology) First earthly branch: (rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, 11pm to 1am (midnight)) | ||
5. Viscount, fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the (Zhou dynasty). | ||
6. (physics, biology) -on | ||
7. (Suffix for small objects or general diminutive suffix.) | ||
8. small, round object | ||
9. (Xiamen, Quanzhou) | ||
10. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan) | ||
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