瓶 meaning and stroke order
Bottle; vase; pitcher
How to write 瓶, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 瓶
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- bottle
- vase
- pitcher
- classifier for wine and liquids
- variant of 瓶[ping2]
How 瓶 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Pottery.
瓦 gives the meaning and 并 hints at the sound.
Radical: 瓦 (tile), shared by 14 characters on this site.
How to remember 瓶
瓶 (píng) puts 并 (bìng) on the left for the sound and 瓦 (wǎ, pottery or tile) on the right for the meaning. Picture a clay pot, which is the old idea of a bottle or vase, and let 并 remind you it is said with a similar sound.
瓶 is used for bottles, jars and vases, usually in words like 瓶子 (píngzi) or 花瓶 (huāpíng). It is also a common classifier for bottled drinks. Example: 我要一瓶水。 (Wǒ yào yì píng shuǐ.) I want a bottle of water.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write the right side as 瓦 with missing details or confuse 瓶 with 拼 (pīn, to piece together), which shares 并 but uses the hand radical 扌. Also remember 瓶 has the second tone, píng, not pīn or pǐn.
Common words with 瓶
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 瓶子 | píngzi | bottle | HSK 2 |
| 花瓶 | huāpíng | flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but no | HSK 6 |
| 瓶颈 | píngjǐng | neck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck | HSK 7-9 |
| 守口如瓶 | shǒukǒurúpíng | lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent | |
| 奶瓶 | nǎipíng | baby's feeding bottle | |
| 开瓶器 | kāipíngqì | bottle opener | |
| 药瓶 | yàopíng | medicine bottle | |
| 瓶装 | píngzhuāng | bottled |
瓶 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 瓶
How many strokes are in 瓶?
瓶 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 瓶 mean?
瓶 (píng) means bottle; vase; pitcher. A common word with it is 瓶子 (píngzi), meaning "bottle".
How do you pronounce 瓶?
瓶 is pronounced píng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 瓶?
The radical of 瓶 is 瓦, which carries the idea of "tile". Dictionaries list 瓶 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 瓶?
The traditional form of 瓶 is 缾. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 瓶 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 瓶 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 瓶 is part of the HSK 2 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 2.
What is the difference between 瓶 and 瓶子?
瓶子 (píngzi) is the everyday standalone noun for a bottle. 瓶 alone is mostly used as a classifier, as in 一瓶啤酒 (yì píng píjiǔ), or inside compounds like 奶瓶 (nǎipíng).
What does 守口如瓶 mean?
守口如瓶 (shǒukǒurúpíng) literally means to guard your mouth like a sealed bottle. It describes someone who keeps a secret and says nothing.