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

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