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杯
Meaning
- cup
- trophy cup
- classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
Example sentence
我想喝一杯茶。
I want to drink a cup of tea.
The character 杯
杯 is 木, wood, beside 不 for the sound — a cup was a wooden one. It is also its own measure word, so 一杯茶 needs nothing between the number and the cup. 杯子 is the object; 干杯 drains it as a toast.