瓶子 píngzi bottle
How to remember 瓶子: 瓶 bottle + 子 child = bottle.
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How it is used
- The physical bottle as an object - 空瓶子 (kōng píngzi) empty bottle, 玻璃瓶子 (bōli píngzi) glass bottle.
- As a measure word for contents, drop 子: 一瓶水 (yì píng shuǐ) a bottle of water, not 一瓶子水.
Example sentences
- 把瓶子打开。 Bǎ píngzi dǎkāi.Open the bottle.
- 他用水装满了瓶子。 Tā yòngshuǐ zhuāngmǎn le píngzi.He filled the bottle with water.
- 瓶子里装着毒药。 Píngzi lǐ zhuāngzhe dúyào.Inside the bottle is poison.