瓶 píng bottle
bottle; measure word for bottles; vase
How to remember 瓶: 并 to combine + 瓦 tile = bottle. The potter wanted to combine two roof tiles into one, but they bent in the kiln and came out as a bottle.
Component breakdown
瓶 = 并 to combine + 瓦 tile
- 并 to combine
- 丷 horns
- 开 open
- 一 one
- 廾 two hands
- 瓦 tile
The potter wanted to combine two roof tiles into one, but they bent in the kiln and came out as a bottle.
How it is used
- A bottle/vase, and its measure word: 瓶子 (píngzi) bottle, 一瓶水 (yì píng shuǐ) a bottle of water.
- 瓦 (tile/pottery) radical marks it as ceramic/glass ware.
- 瓶颈 (píngjǐng) literally 'bottleneck' is used figuratively too - 技术瓶颈 (jìshù píngjǐng) a technical bottleneck.
Words with 瓶
Example sentences
- 瓶子里装着毒药。 Píngzi lǐ zhuāngzhe dúyào.Inside the bottle is poison.
- 他买了一瓶饮料。 Tā mǎile yì píng yǐnliào.He bought a bottle of something to drink.
- 妈妈买了一瓶香水。 Māma mǎile yì píng xiāngshuǐ.Mom bought a bottle of perfume.