Cup in Chinese (Mandarin): 杯子 (bēizi)
杯子
bēizi
cup
- Simplified
- 杯子
- Traditional
- 杯子
- Pinyin
- bēizi
- Typed as
- beizi
Use it in a sentence
杯子装水喝。
杯子裝水喝。
A cup holds water for drinking.
The characters in 杯子
杯
Cup. 木 (wood) is on the left.
8 strokes
子
A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.
3 strokes
杯 also counts drinks: 一杯水 (yì bēi shuǐ) is a glass of water. Cheers is 干杯 (gānbēi), "dry the cup".
More examples with 杯子
杯子里有牛奶。
杯子裡有牛奶。
Bēizi li yǒu niúnǎi.
There is milk in the cup.
我的杯子是蓝色的。
我的杯子是藍色的。
Wǒ de bēizi shì lánsè de.
My cup is blue.
How to write 杯子 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
杯 8 strokes
子 3 strokes
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