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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
Asian Cup
ear / CL: 隻|只, 個|个, 對|对 / handle (on a cup)
HSK 5
(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light / (old) wine cup / (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash) / (coll.) (neologism c. 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)
China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization
thermal insulation cup (or bottle)
trophy cup
HSK 7-9
to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
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  *豆* | 豆* | *豆
legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗,) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl
lit. a cup of soup / fig. to get part of the profits / one's share of the action
formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
to consider / to deliberate / to fill up a cup to the brim
cup (bra size)
lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful
Davis Cup (international tennis team competition)
wine pot / wine cup
to treat differently / another cup of tea
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
cups and dishes in complete disorder (idiom); after a riotous drinking party
tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
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  *盞* | 盞* | *盞
a small cup / classifier for lamps
HSK 7-9
World Cup (soccer) (Tw)
(TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment / short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire
European Cup (e.g. soccer)
Thomas Cup (international badminton team competition)
soccer association 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)
dice 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
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
cup noodles
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
wine cup
Asian 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)
lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
paper cup
Sudirman Cup (world badminton team competition)
FIFA World Cup trophy
to refill (a beverage cup)
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
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
Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game)
UnionPay / CUP
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
dishes / crockery / plates and cups
drinking vessel / wine cup
silver cup (trophy)
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  *瓚* | 瓚* | *瓚
libation cup
dice cup
Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game)
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)
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
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  *斝* | 斝* | *斝
small jade cup with ears
small cup for adding water to an ink stone
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
to share nuptial cup / (fig.) to get married
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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  *觥* | 觥* | *觥
big / cup made of horn / horn wine container
measuring cup / graduated measuring cylinder
(of a bowl, a cup etc) to be brought up to one's mouth
the contents of the cup / (fig.) liquor / wine
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  *醆* | 醆* | *醆
wine cup
pucker-type lid (cup lid with a spout for sipping)
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  *鍾* | 鍾* | *鍾
handleless cup; goblet / (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc) / variant of 鐘|钟
HSK 3
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")
to share nuptial cup / (fig.) to get married
dice cup
to share nuptial cup / fig. to get married
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  *琖* | 琖* | *琖
wine cup
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  *盃* | 盃* | *盃
variant of / trophy cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
HSK 1
dice cup
Ryder Cup (US and Europe golf team competition)
disposable cup (Tw)
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  *巹* | 巹* | *巹
nuptial wine cup
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  *鋬* | 鋬* | *鋬
(dialect) handle of a cup, kettle or other vessel
dice cup
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  *椷* | 椷* | *椷
(wooden) box / cup / old variant of 緘|缄 / letter


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