瓶
/pʰiŋ³⁵/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•bottle; vase; jar; flask · Classifier for bottled objects: bottle ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
Etimoloji
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *beːŋ): phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs) + semantic 瓦 (“earthenware”). According to the radical, it originally indicates an earthenware vessel, i.e., not a glass bottle. It had a long slender neck opening up to a narrow mouth. However, 瓶 was also part of ritual bronzes in ancient China, hence it was made of bronze when used during rituals. Today, it indicates…