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杯
bēi
1. trophy cup
2. cup
3. classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

杯
bēi
cup, glass; measure word for liquids
HSK 1 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

银杯
yínbēi
silver cup (trophy)
罩杯
zhàobēi
cup (bra size)
烧杯
shāobēi
beaker (glassware)
奖杯
jiǎngbēi
trophy cup
对杯
duìbēi
to raise glasses together
筊杯
jiǎobēi
see [[杯珓<bēijiào>]]
纸杯
zhǐbēi
paper cup
续杯
xùbēi
refill (a beverage cup)
量杯
liángbēi
measuring cup
捧杯
pěngbēi
to win a championship
干杯
gānbēi
to drink a toast
HSK 4
杯垫
bēidiàn
(beverage) coaster
杯子
bēizi
cup
HSK 1
酒杯
jiǔbēi
wine cup
杯托
bēituō
a saucer
贪杯
tānbēi
to drink in excess
杯珓
bēijiào
pair of mussel-shaped objects thrown on the ground for divination purposes
试杯
shìbēi
Petri dish
杯筊
bēijiǎo
see [[杯珓<bēijiào>]]
杯葛
bēigě
to boycott (loanword)

Example Sentences (8)

不喝了，我已经喝两杯了。
Bù hē le, wǒ yǐjīng hē liǎng bēi le.
I won't drink anymore, I've already had two cups.
Text 4
好，不看了。给我一杯茶吧。
Hǎo, bú kàn le. Gěi wǒ yì bēi chá ba.
Okay, I won't watch anymore. Give me a cup of tea, please.
Text 2
我喝茶，茶是我的最爱。天冷了或者工作累了的时候，喝杯热茶会很舒服。
wǒ hē chá,chá shì wǒ de zuì'ài.tiān lěng le huòzhě gōngzuò lèi le de shíhou,hē bēi rè chá huì hěn shūfu.
I drink tea; tea is my favorite. When it's cold or when I'm tired from work, a cup of hot tea is very comforting.
Text 4
喝杯茶吧，这是我为你买的绿茶，很不错。
hē bēi chá ba, zhè shì wǒ wèi nǐ mǎi de lǜ chá, hěn bú cuò.
Have a cup of tea. This is the green tea I bought for you. It's pretty good.
Text 1
没事，我只喝一杯。
Méishì, wǒ zhǐ hē yì bēi.
It's okay, I'll just have one glass.
Text 4
以后我少喝一点儿，每天喝一杯。
Yǐhòu wǒ shǎo hē yìdiǎnr, měitiān hē yì bēi.
From now on I will drink a little less, one cup a day.
Text 4
喝杯水吧。
hē bēi shuǐ ba.
Have a glass of water.
Text 1
你还是喝杯牛奶吧，可以睡得更好些。
Nǐ háishì hē bēi niúnǎi ba,kěyǐ shuì de gèng hǎo xiē.
You’d better have a cup of milk; you can sleep a bit better.
Text 4

Alternate Entries

杯
bēi
variant of [[杯<bēi>]]
杯
bēi
variant of [[杯<bēi>]] / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
1,395
Word Frequency Rank
990 of 84,292