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啤酒瓶 (pí jiǔ píng) — beer bottle

Definition

noun
beer bottle
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 啤酒瓶。
    Tā bǎ kōng pí jiǔ píng rēng jìn le huí shōu xiāng.
    He threw the empty beer bottle into the recycling bin.
  • 啤酒瓶。
    Zhè jiā chāo shì de pí jiǔ píng bǐ bié chù pián yi liǎng kuài qián.
    The beer bottles at this supermarket are two yuan cheaper than elsewhere.
  • 啤酒瓶，。
    Tā bù xiǎo xīn dǎ suì le yí gè pí jiǔ píng, gǎn jǐn qù ná sào zhou.
    He accidentally broke a beer bottle and quickly went to get a broom.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

啤酒beer
啤píbeer酒jiǔalcohol
偏正Modifier + head
瓶píngbottle

啤酒 names beer, and 瓶 names the container it fills.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth (phonetic)
Sound part声符shēngfú
卑
卑bēi啤
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

啤 combines 口 (mouth) with 卑, which gives the sound bēi.

Open 啤 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
酉
酉yǒu酒jiǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

酒 pairs 酉, the original picture for this word, with 水 (water), added later to distinguish it.

Open 酒 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
瓦瓦wǎearthenware
Sound part声符shēngfú
并
并bìng瓶píng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

瓶 uses 瓦 to show an earthenware vessel and 并 for the sound. The original vessel had a long slender neck and narrow mouth.

Open 瓶 →
Appears in
Alcohol & Tobacco

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