HSK 3 · Common Objects

瓶子 píngzi “bottle” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 瓶子 means

  1. bottle

Measure word 个 gè · 一个瓶子 yí ge píngzi

How to say 瓶子

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale瓶píng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

瓶子 in a sentence

  1. 把瓶子打开。

    Bǎ píngzi dǎkāi.

    Open the bottle.

    Sentence #1411634 from Tatoeba

  2. 瓶子掉下来摔碎了。

    Píngzi diào xiàlai shuāisuì le.

    The bottle fell and broke.

    Sentence #9961316 from Tatoeba

  3. 这个瓶子可以装两升热水。

    Zhè ge píngzi kěyǐ zhuāng liǎng shēng rèshuǐ.

    This bottle holds two litres of hot water.

    Sentence #343325 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 瓶子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 瓶 (píng) with each of its parts in a different colour
瓶píngbottle
  • 并to combine · bìngSound part
  • 瓦tile · wǎMeaning part

瓦 hints at the meaning (tile); 并 (bìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with píng.

The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 瓶子

瓶 10 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

瓶子 (píngzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 瓶子 (píngzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 瓶子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Everyday Things

筷子kuàizi · chopsticks礼物lǐwù · gift米mǐ · rice盘子pánzi · plate伞sǎn · umbrella声音shēngyīn · sound双shuāng · two水平shuǐpíng · level

FAQs

瓶子 (píngzi) means “bottle”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it píngzi: píng with a 2nd tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 瓶子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one bottle is 一个瓶子 (yí ge píngzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 瓶子 from the suggestions. Typing pingzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
瓶子 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.