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瓶子

píng zi · ping zi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 4Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. bottle
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Bottles in the bathtub

  1. Dengdeng

    阳台(yángtái)上(shàng)怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)多(duō)瓶子(píngzi)？

    Why are there so many bottles on the balcony?

  2. Liangliang

    是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)做(zuò)花瓶(huāpíng)。

    They're mine. I want to make vases.

  3. Dengdeng

    瓶子(píngzi)里(lǐ)放(fàng)什么(shénme)？

    What do you put in the bottles?

  4. Liangliang

    放(fàng)花(huā)，不过(bùguò)先(xiān)要(yào)把(bǎ)标签(biāoqiān)弄(nòng)掉(diào)。

    Flowers. But first I need to peel off the labels.

  5. Dengdeng

    怎么(zěnme)弄(nòng)呢(ne)？

    How?

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)把(bǎ)瓶子(píngzi)都(dōu)泡(pào)在(zài)浴缸(yùgāng)里(lǐ)了(le)，今天(jīntiān)谁(shéi)也(yě)不能(bùnéng)洗澡(xǐzǎo)！

    I soaked all the bottles in the bathtub. Nobody can shower today!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)瓶(píng)子(zi)可(kě)以(yǐ)装(zhuāng)两(liǎng)升(shēng)热(rè)水(shuǐ)。

This bottle is able to contain two liters of hot water.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Mouseneb · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

打(dǎ)开(kāi)左(zuǒ)边(bian)的(de)橱(chú)，瓶(píng)子(zi)在(zài)那(nà)儿(r)。

Open the cupboard to the left, the bottles are in there.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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瓶
píng

bottle; vase

子
zǐ

son; child

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