cup in Chinese

How to write 杯子

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杯子 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

杯子 in a sentence

• 杯bēi子zi是shì空kōng的de。

  The cup is empty.

• 请qǐng给gěi我wǒ一yī个gè杯bēi子zi。

  Please give me a cup.

• 这zhè个gè杯bēi子zi很hěn漂piāo亮liàng。

  This cup is beautiful.

杯子 vs 瓶 vs 碗

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 瓶 píng bottle

  Container pair — 一瓶水 'a bottle of water' vs 一杯水 'a glass of water'. Both are also measure words.

• 碗 wǎn bowl

  一碗饭 'a bowl of rice'. 杯子 is for drinking vessels.