Glass in Chinese
glass · HSK 1
杯子
- 杯 cup
- 子 son
Counted with 个: 一个杯子
这个杯子是谁的？ Whose cup is this?
Other ways to say glass
More words with 杯 or 子
How do you say glass in Chinese?
Glass in Chinese is 杯子 (bēi zi). You can also say 玻璃 (bō li).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.