瓶 píng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 瓦 — tile
- Made of
- 并 to combine, to annex 瓦 tile
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
瓶
píng
bottle; a measure word for bottles
Character
Example phrases
- 桌上有一瓶水。 Zhuō shang yǒu yì píng shuǐ. There is a bottle of water on the table.
- 给我一瓶牛奶。 Gěi wǒ yì píng niúnǎi. Give me a bottle of milk.
- 这瓶茶很甜。 Zhè píng chá hěn tián. This bottle of tea is very sweet.
Related words
- 瓶子 píngzi bottle
- 公斤 gōngjīn kilogram
- 条 tiáo a measure word for long things
- 千克 qiānkè kilogram
- 辆 liàng a measure word for vehicles
- 斤 jīn a half-kilogram measure
- 件 jiàn a measure word for clothes and things
- 两 liǎng a tael, about fifty grams
- 米 mǐ meter (unit of length)
- 公里 gōnglǐ kilometer
- 刻 kè quarter hour (time measure word)
- 遍 biàn once (measure word for actions)