Chinese Word of the Day

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)
Click here for character analysis