玻璃瓶 (bō li píng) — glass bottle | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

glass bottle

Measure word · 个

Examples

玻璃瓶。
Wǒ mǎi le yí gè bō li píng.
I bought a glass bottle.
玻璃瓶。
Zhè ge bō li píng hěn piào liang.
This glass bottle is very pretty.
玻璃瓶。
Qǐng bǎ bō li píng fàng zài zhuō zi shàng.
Please put the glass bottle on the table.

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.

玻璃glass

玻bō璃lí

玻璃 is glass, and 瓶 is a bottle, so 玻璃瓶 means a glass bottle.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

王离璃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

王Written in full as玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

离

Same sound today

In 璃, the left side 王 is jade, written in full as 玉, and the right side 离 gives the sound lí.

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

并瓦瓶

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.

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