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杯子

bēi zi

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Measure word 个、只

杯子 (bēi zi) means "cup". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 杯子 means

1. cup
2. glass

The characters in 杯子

• 杯bēicup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 杯子在桌上。
  The cup is on the table.
• 杯子里有水。
  There is water in the glass.
• 桌上有个杯子。
  There is a cup on the table.
• 这是谁的杯子？
  Whose glass is this?
• 杯子里面有水。
  There is water in the glass.
• 桌上有个破杯子。
  There was a broken cup on the table.

Where 杯子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Objects, Home Items and Pets (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bēi zi correctly.
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