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World Cup
HSK 3
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
HSK 2
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  *碗* | 碗* | *碗
bowl / cup / CL: 隻|只, 個|个
HSK 2
cup / glass / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
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  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
cup / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
cup sleeve
cup lid; cup cover
thermal insulation cup (or bottle)
China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization
ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
HSK 5
trophy cup
HSK 7-9
(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light / (old) wine cup / (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash) / (coll.) (neologism, attested by 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)
Asian Cup
Asian Cup
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  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl
Thomas Cup (international badminton team competition)
lit. a cup of soup / fig. to get part of the profits / one's share of the action
to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb
to treat differently / another cup of tea
cup noodles
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
to consider / to deliberate / to fill up a cup to the brim
to refill (a beverage cup)
cup (bra size)
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  *盏* | 盏* | *盏
a small cup / classifier for lamps
HSK 7-9
lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful
heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
Davis Cup (international tennis team competition)
Sudirman Cup (world badminton team competition)
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
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  *杯* | 杯* | *杯
variant of / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
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  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
handleless cup; goblet / (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc) / variant of 鐘|钟
HSK 3
World Cup (soccer) (Tw)
(TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment / short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire
UnionPay / CUP
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  *撩* | 撩* | *撩
to lift up (sth hanging down) / to raise (hem of skirt) / to pull up (sleeve) / to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)
lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
soccer association cup
European Cup (e.g. soccer)
Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game)
Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game)
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  *卺* | 卺* | *卺
nuptial wine cup
cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
wine cup / goblet
cups and dishes in complete disorder (idiom); after a riotous drinking party
wine cup
a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom); a few drinks can ease social interaction
to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
FIFA World Cup trophy
wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol / having an ulterior motive / to have other things in mind / with an ax to grind / accomplishing something besides what one set out to do
silver cup (trophy)
teacup / tea-glass / cup / mug / CL: 隻|只
cup / (slang) (pun on 悲劇|悲剧, tragedy) so bad / terrible / bummer / fiasco / debacle
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  *盅* | 盅* | *盅
handleless cup / goblet
to enjoy a cup of wine by oneself
to raise one's wine cup
to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting / (fig.) submissive
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  *拱* | 拱* | *拱
to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched
HSK 7-9
drinking vessel / wine cup
to share nuptial cup / (fig.) to get married
dishes / crockery / plates and cups
wine vessel / wine cup
menstrual cup (Tw)
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
pucker-type lid (cup lid with a spout for sipping)
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  *斝* | 斝* | *斝
small jade cup with ears
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down
wine pot / wine cup
to cup one's fist in the other hand (as a sign of respect)
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  *斗* | 斗* | *斗
dry measure for grain equal to ten or one-tenth of a / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of
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  *瓒* | 瓒* | *瓒
libation cup
paper cup
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  *觥* | 觥* | *觥
big / cup made of horn / horn wine container
measuring cup / graduated measuring cylinder
Ryder Cup (US and Europe golf team competition)
(of a bowl, a cup etc) to be brought up to one's mouth
to share nuptial cup / fig. to get married
the contents of the cup / (fig.) liquor / wine
to share nuptial cup / (fig.) to get married
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  *醆* | 醆* | *醆
wine cup
small cup for adding water to an ink stone
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  *琖* | 琖* | *琖
wine cup
dice cup
disposable cup (Tw)
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  *鋬* | 鋬* | *鋬
(dialect) handle of a cup, kettle or other vessel
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation
dice cup
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  *缄* | 缄* | *缄
(wooden) box / cup / old variant of 緘|缄 / letter


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