Word and Radical Components of 玻璃杯

The Chinese word 玻璃杯 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
玻璃杯	bōlibēi	1. n. glass (for drinking); tumbler

玻璃杯 ⇨ 玻 + 璃 + 杯

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
玻	bō	1. Used in 玻璃 (glass, short=y)
		2. (Used in transliterations.)
		3. Short for 玻利維亞, Bolivia
		中玻關係 - tr=Zhōng–Bō guānxì, Bolivia–China relations
璃	lí	1. Only used in 玻璃 (, 琉璃)
杯	bēi	1. drinkware; cup; glass; mug
		杯子zi - drinkware; cup; glass
		2. cup; trophy
		世界杯 - world cup
		3. alcoholic drink
		貪杯 - to drink alcohol excessively
		一杯茶 - a cup of tea
		還想喝一杯嗎？ - Would you like another drink?
		一大杯水 - a huge glass of water
		一杯雪糕 - a cup of ice cream
		4. (Cantonese, Min Dong, Min Nan) moon blocks (divination device)
		5. usage. Nowadays, the variant character 盃 is chiefly used as sense 2, "cup, trophy".

杯 ⇨ 木 + 不

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
木	mù	1. tree; woody plant
		Synonyms: 樹
		樹木 - tree
		灌木 - shrub
		木芍藥 - tree peony
		2. wood; timber
		木頭tou - log
		3. wooden
		這張桌子是木的。 - This table is made of wood
		4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
		木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
		棺木 - coffin
		就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
		5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
		有木有 - innit, damn right
		6. numb
		麻木 - numb, insensitive
		她手指凍木了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
不	不	1. (preceding verbs and adjectives) not
		這個不好。 - This is not good.
		他不bú 愛你。 - He does not love you.
		2. (between a verb and a complement) can not
		Antonyms: 得
		我看不bú 見你。 - I can't see you.
		3. no (answer to a yes-no question)
		你是日本人嗎？不，我不bú是。 - Are you Japanese? No, I'm not.
		4. (Used with 就 to indicate the first of two alternatives.)
		他每天不bú是上班，就是去做義工，一點兒r 休息的時間都沒有。 - Every day, he either goes to work or volunteers, not leaving any time for rest.
		5. (colloquial) (Question particle placed at the end of the sentence.)
		6. (colloquial) (Intensifying particle often used with 好.)
	fū	7. Original form of 柎 (calyx)
		8. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 毋 (-)

不 ⇨ 丆 + 卜

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
丆		1. Variant of 厂
卜	bǔ	1. divination
		2. to divine
		3. (literary) to foretell; to predict
		生死未卜 - no one knows whether the person is dead of alive
		4. (literary) to choose
		卜居 - to choose a place to live
		5. Simplified form of 蔔
		6. Variant of 欲