杯 (bēi) means Cup. Below are 24 of the 36 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
大家一起干 杯 吧。
Dàjiā yìqǐ gān bēi ba.
Let us all drink a toast together.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 干杯
桌子上有一个 杯 子。
Zhuōzi shang yǒu yí ge bēizi.
There is a cup on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 桌子
我早上喝一 杯 咖啡。
Wǒ zǎoshang hē yì bēi kāfēi.
I drink a cup of coffee in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 咖啡
为我们的友谊干 杯 ！
Wèi wǒmen de yǒuyì gān bēi!
Let us drink to our friendship!
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 干杯
杯 子掉在地上碎了。
Bēizi diào zài dì shàng suì le.
The cup fell on the floor and broke.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 碎
杯 子磕掉了一小块。
Bēizi kē diào le yì xiǎo kuài.
A small piece has been chipped off the cup.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 磕
杯 底剩了一层茶渣。
Bēi dǐ shèng le yì céng chá zhā.
A layer of tea dregs was left at the bottom of the cup.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 渣
杯 子掉在地上摔破了。
Bēizi diào zài dì shàng shuāi pò le.
The cup fell on the floor and broke.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 破
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From the graded readers
起床以后，我喝一 杯 水。
qǐchuáng yǐhòu, wǒ hē / hè yī bēi shuǐ.
After getting up, I drink a glass of water.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
From the travel phrasebook
我敬您一 杯 。
Wǒ jìng nín yì bēi.
I'd like to toast you.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
来，我敬您一 杯 。
Lái, wǒ jìng nín yì bēi.
Let me toast you.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
From the grammar library
请给我两 杯 水。
Qǐng gěi wǒ liǎng bēi shuǐ.
Two glasses of water, please.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
我想喝一 杯 茶。
Wǒ xiǎng hē yì bēi chá.
I'd like a cup of tea.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
杯 appears in 36 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 杯
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 杯
How is 杯 used in a sentence?
This page shows 36 sentences using 杯 (bēi, "Cup"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 杯 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 杯 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 杯?
The dictionary page for 杯 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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