杯 (bēi) — (classifier) cup of (a drink); glass of; a — used for liquids served in cups or glasses
Definition
Measure word for a cup or glass of a drink — used with liquids like 茶, 啤酒, 红酒. The note 'variant of 杯[bei1]' in the dictionary is misleading: this is the same 杯, only the measure-word sense.
classifier
cup of (a drink)glass ofa — used for liquids served in cups or glasses
Examples
- 杯。Qǐng gěi wǒ yì bēi chá.Please give me a cup of tea.
- 杯。Tā hē le sān bēi pí jiǔ.He drank three glasses of beer.
- 杯。Měi tiān hē yì bēi hóng jiǔ duì shēn tǐ yǒu hǎo chù.Drinking a glass of red wine every day is good for your health.
Grammar
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