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杯子

bēizi

cup, glass

HSK 1 · Topic “Food” Shopping
cup, glass
Memory picture

Characters in this word

杯 bēi

Strokes
8
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 不 no, not, un-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

子 zi

Strokes
3
Radical
子 — son, child
Made of
了 clear 一 one
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 杯子里有水。 Bēizi lǐ yǒu shuǐ. There's water in the cup.
  • 这个杯子很大。 Zhège bēizi hěn dà. This cup is very big.
  • 我的杯子在哪儿？ Wǒ de bēizi zài nǎr? Where is my cup?

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