杯 (bēi): meaning and stroke order
杯 (bēi) means cup, trophy cup, classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup, variant of 杯.
杯
- Simplified
- 杯
- Traditional
- 杯, 桮, 盃
- Pinyin
- bēi
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Stroke order of 杯
杯
- bēi cup; trophy cup
- bēi variant of 杯[bei1]
- bēi variant of 杯[bei1]; trophy cup
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 桮
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Meaning of 杯
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bēi
- cup
- trophy cup
- classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
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bēi
Traditional 桮
- variant of 杯[bei1]
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bēi
Traditional 盃
- variant of 杯[bei1]
- trophy cup
- classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
Radical and structure
- 杯
- Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 8 strokes · 木 on the left, 不 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 杯
- 杯子 bēi zi cup; glass
- 茶杯 chá bēi teacup; tea-glass
- 酒杯 jiǔ bēi wine cup
- 杯弓蛇影 bēi gōng shé yǐng lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions; overly fearful
杯 in our stories
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方明要了两杯很苦的咖啡。
Fāng Míng yào le liǎng bēi hěn kǔ de kāfēi
Fang Ming ordered two cups of very bitter coffee.
From the story The first date HSK 2
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亭子里有一位卖茶的老人，他给每个人倒了一杯热茶。
tíngzi lǐ yǒu yí wèi mài chá de lǎorén tā gěi měi gè rén dào le yì bēi rè chá
An old man sold tea in the pavilion, and he poured each of them a cup of hot tea.
From the story No umbrella HSK 3
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半夜，他被一阵轻轻的脚步声吵醒，一个穿白衣服的姑娘端着一杯茶站在他面前。
bànyè tā bèi yí zhèn qīngqīng de jiǎobùshēng chǎoxǐng yí gè chuān bái yīfu de gūniang duān zhe yì bēi chá zhàn zài tā miànqián
At midnight he was woken by soft footsteps: a girl in white stood before him holding a cup of tea.
From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5
Stories using 杯
- The first date HSK 2
- No umbrella HSK 3
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).