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"bottle gourd" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
匏 páo bottle gourd / Lagenaria vulgaris
瓠瓜 hù guā bottle gourd
夜开花 夜開花 yè kāi huā bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hu4 gua1])
Chinese Pinyin Translation
瓶子 píng zi bottle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom) / tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word syn
奶头 奶頭 nǎi tóu nipple / teat (on baby's bottle) syn
起子 qǐ zi baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener syn
葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house
奶嘴 nǎi zuǐ nipple (on a baby's bottle) / pacifier
药瓶 藥瓶 yào píng medicine bottle
奶瓶 nǎi píng baby's feeding bottle
开瓶器 開瓶器 kāi píng qì bottle opener
瓶颈 瓶頸 píng jǐng neck of a bottle / (fig.) bottleneck / problem that impedes progress
冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
苦瓜 kǔ guā bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
瓶塞 píng sāi bottle cork / bottle stopper
热水瓶 熱水瓶 rè shuǐ píng thermos bottle / vacuum bottle / hot water dispenser (appliance) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
吊瓶 diào píng infusion bag or bottle (for an IV) syn
热水袋 熱水袋 rè shuǐ dài hot-water bottle
保温杯 保溫杯 bǎo wēn bēi thermal insulation cup (or bottle)
气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving)
瓷瓶 cí píng porcelain bottle
漂流瓶 piāo liú píng message in a bottle
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
鼻烟壶 鼻煙壺 bí yān hú snuff bottle
水罐 shuǐ guàn container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc
依样画葫芦 依樣畫葫蘆 yī yàng huà hú lu lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality syn
银瓶 銀瓶 yín píng silver bottle
闷葫芦 悶葫蘆 mèn hú lu lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person syn
腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn
瓜 guā melon / gourd / squash / (slang) a piece of gossip syn
栓 shuān bottle stopper / plug / (gun) bolt / (grenade) pin syn
喷壶 噴壺 pēn hú spray bottle
暖水瓶 nuǎn shuǐ píng thermos flask or bottle syn
照葫芦画瓢 照葫蘆畫瓢 zhào hú lu huà piáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly syn
瓠 hù gourd
缾 píng vase / bottle / pitcher
只鸡斗酒 隻雞斗酒 zhī jī dǒu jiǔ lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
好酒贪杯 好酒貪杯 hǎo jiǔ tān bēi good wine taken in excess (idiom) / fond of the bottle
斗酒只鸡 斗酒隻雞 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡 一瓶子不響，半瓶子晃蕩 yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang lit. a full bottle makes no sound / a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise
宝葫芦 寶葫蘆 bǎo hú lu magic gourd, granting your every wish
宝葫芦的秘密 寶葫蘆的秘密 bǎo hú lu de mì mì Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]
张天翼 張天翼 zhāng tiān yì Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4]
蒲瓜 pú guā white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)
李铁拐 李鐵拐 lǐ tiě guǎi Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
瓜无滚圆，人无十全 瓜無滾圓，人無十全 guā wú gǔn yuán , rén wú shí quán no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
依葫芦画瓢 依葫蘆畫瓢 yī hú lu huà piáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification syn
壿 zūn goblet / bottle / wine-jar
嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng to love wine as one's life (idiom) / fond of the bottle
宽吻海豚 寬吻海豚 kuān wěn hǎi tún bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
宝特瓶 寶特瓶 bǎo tè píng plastic bottle
曲颈瓶 曲頸瓶 qū jǐng píng retort / bottle with curved neck
滴瓶 dī píng (chemistry) dropping bottle
瓶盂 píng yú jar / flask / vase / bottle
瓶领 瓶領 píng lǐng bottle collar
瓶鼻海豚 píng bí hǎi tún bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
酒肆 jiǔ sì wine shop / liquor store / bottle shop / bar / pub
瓶胆 缾膽 píng dǎn the vacuum bottle within the outer case of a thermos
汤婆子 湯婆子 tāng pó zi hot-water bottle
新瓶装旧酒 新瓶裝舊酒 xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
奶瓶喂养 奶瓶喂養 nǎi píng wèi yǎng bottle feeding
水处理和装瓶操作员 水處理和裝瓶操作員 water treatment and bottle operator
玻璃瓶工厂缩短工时公约 玻璃瓶工廠縮短工時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in Glass-Bottle Works
瓶子系列 bottle series
不为酒困 不為酒困 bù wéi jiǔ kùn not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink
半瓶水响叮当 半瓶水響叮噹 bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
揦子 lá zi (dialect) glass bottle
新瓶旧酒 新瓶舊酒 xīn píng jiù jiǔ old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
好酒贪杯 好酒貪杯 hào jiǔ tān bēi fond of the bottle (idiom)
汤婆 湯婆 tāng pó hot-water bottle
内胆 內膽 nèi dǎn inner container (e.g. the rice pot inside a rice cooker, the vacuum bottle inside a thermos, the tank inside a hot water heater, the bladder of a football)
瓶盖 瓶蓋 píng gài bottle cap
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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