杯墊

Chinese

		drinkware; cup; glass	pad; cushion; mat
trad. (杯墊)		杯	墊
simp. (杯垫)		杯	垫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēidiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui¹ zin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēidiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beidiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-tien⁴
    • Yale: bēi-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beidiann
    • Palladius: бэйдянь (bɛjdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui¹ zin³
    • Yale: būi jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui¹ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui¹ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³/

Noun

杯墊

1. coaster (piece of material used to protect the surface of a table)

   • 杯子是杯墊存在的意義 [MSC, trad.]
     杯子是杯垫存在的意义 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020, 曹楊 (Cáoyáng) (Young), lyrics by 唐小奕, 天生一對 (Meant To Be)

     bēizi shì bēidiàn cúnzài de yìyì [Pinyin]

     A cup is the reason for a coaster to exist