Where 杯 comes from
tree
- Meaning part
- 木 (“tree”)
- Sound part
- 不 (“no”)
How to write 杯 (bēi, “cup”)
杯 (bēi), an HSK 1 character, means “cup”, “trophy cup” and “classifier”. It pairs a meaning part, 木 (“tree”), with a sound part, 不 (“no”). Among the HSK words it appears in 杯子 (“cup”), 干杯 (“to drink a toast”) and 奖杯 (“trophy cup”). Japanese reads it hai, “counter for cupfuls”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.
- Pinyin
- bēi
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 木 (“tree”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
As a left-right character it splits into 木 (“tree”, the radical), strokes 1–4; 不 (“no”), strokes 5–8, written the left part first.
- leftrightwards
- top leftdownwards
- leftdown and left
- leftdown and right
- toprightwards
- topdown and left
- centerdownwards
- rightdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (8 strokes in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese).
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| bēi first tone | cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | — | 杯子 干杯 奖杯 对杯 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
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- Words with it
- 46 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 杯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杯子 | bēizi | cup; glass HSK 1 |
| 干杯 乾杯 | gānbēi | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast) HSK 4 |
| 奖杯 獎杯 | jiǎngbēi | trophy cup HSK 7-9 |
| 对杯 對杯 | duìbēi | to raise glasses together; to toast one another |
| 杯面 杯麵 | bēimiàn | cup noodles |
| 茶杯 | chábēi | teacup; tea-glass |
| 月亮杯 | yuèliangbēi | menstrual cup (Taiwan) |
| 试杯 試杯 | shìbēi | Petri dish; test dish |
| 酒杯 | jiǔbēi | wine cup |
| 交杯酒 | jiāobēijiǔ | formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as… |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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