瓶

píng

p+íng·2nd tone

bottle · vase

Radical: 瓦 Strokes: 10 HSK 2

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

瓦瓮甄瓷瓯甍甑甓瓴瓿甏

Same radical

瓦瓮甄瓷瓯甍甑甓瓴瓿甏

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Character Decomposition

瓶=并+瓦

Etymology

pottery

Meanings

bottle

vase

pitcher

CL: gè

classifier for wine and liquids

píng

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Words with 瓶 109 total

laboratory flask烧瓶shāo píng bottle · CL: gè瓶子píng zi thermos暖瓶nuǎn píng infusion bag or bottle (for an IV)吊瓶diào píng baby's feeding bottle奶瓶nǎi píng ampoule (loanword)安瓶ān píng Aquarius (star sign)宝瓶Bǎo píng gas cylinder · air bottle · air tank (diving)气瓶qì píng (chemistry) dropping bottle滴瓶dī píng pin (ten-pin bowling)球瓶qiú píng bottle cork · bottle stopper瓶塞píng sāi jar · flask · vase · bottle瓶盂píng yú preform瓶胚píng pēi the vacuum bottle within the outer case of a thermos瓶胆píng dǎn bottle cap瓶盖píng gài bottled瓶装píng zhuāng bottle collar瓶领píng lǐng neck of a bottle · (fig.) bottleneck · problem that impedes progress瓶颈píng jǐng porcelain bottle瓷瓶cí píng flower vase · (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)花瓶huā píng medicine bottle药瓶yào píng measuring flask · graduated measuring cylinder量瓶liáng píng silver bottle银瓶yín píng accumulator; battery (for storing electricity)电瓶diàn píng

Idioms with 瓶 10 total Chain

lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework · (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)旧瓶装新酒jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped · reticent · not breathing a word守口如瓶shǒu kǒu rú píng

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