杯

See also: 盃

杯	U+676F, 杯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-676F

← 杮
[U+676E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

杰 →
[U+6770]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

杯 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木一火 (DMF), four-corner 4199₀, composition ⿰木不)

Derived characters

𮫾

References

KangXi: page 513, character 9

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14497

Dae Jaweon: page 899, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1166, character 2

Unihan data for U+676F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		杯
alternative forms		桮盃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (不) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
肧	pʰlɯː, pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖	*pʰɯːʔ
娝	*prɯʔ
痞	prɯʔ, brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕	*pʰrɯ
伾	*pʰrɯ
秠	pʰrɯ, pʰrɯʔ, pʰɯ, pʰɯʔ
駓	*pʰrɯ
怌	*pʰrɯ
豾	*pʰrɯ
髬	*pʰrɯ
魾	pʰrɯ, brɯ
鉟	pʰrɯ, brɯ
嚭	*pʰrɯʔ
邳	*brɯ
岯	*brɯ
否	brɯʔ, pɯʔ
抔	bɯ, pʰlɯː
不	pɯ, pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑	pɯ, pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀	pɯ, pɯʔ
衃	pʰɯ, pʰlɯː
罘	*bɯ
芣	*bɯ
杯	*plɯː
盃	*plɯː
桮	*pɯː
坯	*pʰɯː
胚	*pʰɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *plɯː) : semantic 木 + phonetic 不 (OC *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ').

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ
(Chengdu, SP): bei¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): bui¹
(Taishan, Wiktionary): boi¹
Gan (Wiktionary): bi¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pî
(Meixian, Guangdong): bi¹
Jin (Wiktionary): bei¹
Min Bei (KCR): bó
Min Dong (BUC): buŏi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): poe
(Teochew, Peng'im): buê¹
Wu (Wiktionary): pe (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): bei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bei
  - Wade–Giles: pei¹
  - Yale: bēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
  - Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bei¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bui¹
  - Yale: būi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bui¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: boi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔi³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pi⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bei¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pei¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pui⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe
  - Tâi-lô: pue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poef
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /puɛ⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an): /pue³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: buê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pue³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pe (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞i³³/

Middle Chinese: /puʌi/

Rime
Character	杯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	布回切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/puoi/
Shao Rongfen	/puɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwəj/
Li Rong	/puᴀi/
Wang Li	/puɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bui¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤə/
(Zhengzhang): /*plɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	杯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēi
Middle Chinese	‹ pwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁə/
English	cup
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杯
Reading #	1/1
No.	1040
Phonetic component	不
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	桮
Old Chinese	/*plɯː/
Notes	同桮

Definitions

杯

drinkware; cup; glass; mug (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
杯子 ― bēizi ― drinkware; cup; glass
cup; trophy
世界杯 ― shìjièbēi ― world cup
alcoholic drink
貪杯／贪杯 ― tānbēi ― to drink alcohol excessively
Classifier for cups/glasses of drinks/food.
一杯茶 ― yī bēi chá ― a cup of tea
還想喝一杯嗎？／还想喝一杯吗？ ― Hái xiǎng hē yī bēi ma? ― Would you like another drink?
一大杯水 [Cantonese] ― jat¹ daai⁶ bui¹ seoi² [Jyutping] ― a huge glass of water
一杯雪糕 [Cantonese] ― jat¹ bui¹ syut³ gou¹ [Jyutping] ― a cup of ice cream
(Cantonese, Min Dong, Min Nan) moon blocks (divination device)

Usage notes

Nowadays, the variant character 盃 is chiefly used as sense 2, "cup, trophy".

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 杯子 (“drinkware; cup; glass; mug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		杯子
Mandarin	Beijing	杯子
	Taiwan	杯子
	Yantai (Muping)	杯子
	Jinan	杯子
	Xi'an	杯子
	Wuhan	杯子, 盞子
	Chengdu	杯杯, 杯子
	Guilin	杯子
	Liuzhou	杯子
	Yangzhou	杯子
	Hefei	杯子, 盞子
	Malaysia	杯
	Singapore	杯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杯
	Hong Kong	杯
	Dongguan	杯
	Yangjiang	杯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	杯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	杯
Gan	Nanchang	杯子, 盅子, 甌子
Gan	Pingxiang	杯子, 盅子
Hakka	Meixian	杯仔
	Xingning	杯哩
	Huidong (Daling)	杯仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	杯子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	杯仔
	Changting	甌哩
	Wuping	杯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	杯
	Liancheng	甌子
	Ninghua	杯
	Ruijin	盞子, 杯
	Shicheng	盅子, 杯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	甌子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	杯仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	杯仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	杯仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	杯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	杯仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	甌, 杯
Huizhou	Jixi	杯子, 杯
Jin	Taiyuan	杯子
Jin	Xinzhou	杯子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	甌仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	杯杯
Min Dong	Matsu	杯杯
Min Nan	Xiamen	杯, 杯仔, 甌仔
	Quanzhou	杯, 甌仔
	Zhangzhou	杯, 甌仔
	Tainan	杯仔, 甌仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	甌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	杯, 杯仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	杯
	Medan (Hokkien)	杯
	Chaozhou	杯
	Shantou	杯, 盅
	Jieyang	杯
	Singapore (Teochew)	杯
	Wenchang	盅
	Haikou	盅
	Singapore (Hainanese)	盅
Puxian Min	Putian	杯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	杯
Wu	Shanghai	杯子
	Suzhou	杯子
	Wenzhou	杯
Xiang	Changsha	杯子, 盅子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	杯子, 盅子

Dialectal synonyms of 杯 (“classifier for cups of drinks/food”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		杯
Mandarin	Taiwan	杯
	Malaysia	杯
	Singapore	杯
Cantonese	Hong Kong	杯
Cantonese	Singapore (Guangfu)	杯
Hakka	Meixian	杯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	杯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	杯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	杯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	杯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	杯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	杯
Min Nan	Xiamen	杯
	Quanzhou	杯
	Zhangzhou	杯
	Tainan	杯
	Penang (Hokkien)	甌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	杯
	Manila (Hokkien)	杯
	Haifeng	杯
	Singapore (Teochew)	杯
	Wenchang	盅
	Haikou	盅
	Singapore (Hainanese)	盅
Wu	Shanghai	杯

Dialectal synonyms of 杯珓 (“moon blocks”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		珓, 杯珓
Mandarin	Taiwan	杯筊, 杯
	Wuhan	珓
	Chengdu	卦
	Liuzhou	珓杯
	Nantong	珓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杯, 珓杯
	Hong Kong	杯
	Dongguan	杯
Gan	Nanchang	珓
Gan	Lichuan	珓片, 珓
Hakka	Meixian	珓
	Yudu	珓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	珓
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	珓
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	珓
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	珓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	珓
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	珓
Huizhou	Jixi	珓
Min Bei	Jian'ou	珓杯, 神珓仔, 神珓
Min Dong	Fuzhou	珓杯, 杯
Min Nan	Xiamen	杯
	Quanzhou	杯, 信杯
	Zhangzhou	杯
	Shantou	杯
	Shantou (Chenghai)	杯
	Jieyang	杯
	Leizhou	杯殼
	Haikou	杯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	珓子
Wu	Suzhou	珓
	Hangzhou	珓
	Ningbo	珓背
	Wenzhou	珓杯
	Jinhua	珓
Xiang	Changsha	卦

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (杯):

→ Japanese: 杯(はい) (hai)

Others:

→ Zhuang: boi

Compounds

Derived terms from 杯

交杯
交杯酒 (jiāobēijiǔ)
保暖杯 (bǎonuǎnbēi)
停杯
分一杯羹 (fēnyībēigēng)
分我杯羹
分杯羹
喝交杯
夜光杯 (yèguāngbēi)
套杯
巡杯
弓影杯蛇
弓影浮杯
把杯
捧杯 (pěngbēi)
杯中之物 (bēizhōngzhīwù)
杯中物 (bēizhōngwù)
杯圈
杯子 (bēizi)
杯弓蛇影 (bēigōng-shéyǐng)
杯杓
杯棬
杯水粒粟
杯渡
杯珓 (bēijiào)
杯筊
杯箸
杯茗 (bēimíng)
杯葛 (bēigé)
杯行

杯酌
杯酒戈矛
海漂杯
珓杯
碰杯 (pèngbēi)
筊杯 (jiǎobēi)
耳杯
胞芽杯
茶杯 (chábēi)
螺杯
覆杯
象箸玉杯 (xiàngzhùyùbēi)
跋杯 (“buăk-bŭi”)
酒杯 (jiǔbēi)
量杯 (liángbēi)
三杯雞／三杯鸡 (sānbēijī)
上馬杯／上马杯
下馬杯／下马杯
九龍杯／九龙杯
乾杯／干杯 (gānbēi)
交杯盞／交杯盏
傳杯弄盞／传杯弄盏
傳杯換盞／传杯换盏
傳杯送盞／传杯送盏
勸杯／劝杯
同羅杯／同罗杯
弄盞傳杯／弄盏传杯
戀酒貪杯／恋酒贪杯
掛杯架／挂杯架
杯墊／杯垫 (bēidiàn)

杯水之謝／杯水之谢
杯水車薪／杯水车薪 (bēishuǐchēxīn)
杯湯／杯汤
杯盤狼籍／杯盘狼籍
杯盤狼藉／杯盘狼借 (bēipánlángjí)
杯盤舞／杯盘舞
杯臺／杯台
杯葛運動／杯葛运动
杯蛇鬼車／杯蛇鬼车
杯觥交錯／杯觥交错 (bēigōngjiāocuò)
杯鍋／杯锅
杯麵／杯面 (bēimiàn)
歇馬杯／歇马杯
殘杯冷炙／残杯冷炙 (cánbēilěngzhì)
燒杯／烧杯 (shāobēi)
獎杯／奖杯
甕盡杯乾／瓮尽杯干
聖杯／圣杯 (shèngbēi)
臺維斯杯／台维斯杯
貪杯／贪杯 (tānbēi)
銀杯／银杯
銀杯羽化／银杯羽化
銜杯／衔杯
門杯／门杯
門面杯／门面杯
電熱杯／电热杯 (diànrèbēi)
餘杯冷炙／余杯冷炙
馬克杯／马克杯 (mǎkèbēi)
鸚鵡杯／鹦鹉杯 (yīngwǔbēi)

Japanese

Kanji

杯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

cup

Readings

Go-on: へ (he)
Kan-on: はい (hai, Jōyō)
Kun: さかずき (sakazuki, 杯, Jōyō)^{←さかづき (sakaduki, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
杯
さかずき Grade: S
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 杯 – see the following entry.

【さかずき】

[noun] a sake cup

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

[noun] an exchange of cups at a drinking party

Alternative spellings
盃, 杯, 巵, 盞, 坏, 酒坏, 酒盃

(This term, 杯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
杯
はい Grade: S

Alternative spelling
盃

From Middle Chinese 杯.

Counter

杯(はい) • (-hai)

cupfuls
squids (as food)

Suffix

杯(はい) • (-hai)

(games) cup (contest)

Synonyms

カップ (kappu)

Korean

Hanja

杯 (eumhun 잔 배 (jan bae))

Hanja form^? of 배 (“cup, glass”).

Vietnamese

Han character

杯: Hán Việt readings: bôi[1][2][3][4][5]
杯: Nôm readings: bôi[1][2]

chữ Hán form of bôi (“cup”).

References

Nguyễn (2014).
Trần (2004).
Trần (1999).
Nguyễn (1974).
Thiều Chửu (1942).

[tdcndg-1] Nguyễn (2014).

[gdhn-2] Trần (2004).

[tvctdhv-3] Trần (1999).

[hvttd-4] Nguyễn (1974).

[tchvtd-5] Thiều Chửu (1942).