杯中物

Chinese

		drinkware; cup; glass	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	thing; object; matter
simp. and trad. (杯中物)		杯	中	物
Literally: “substance in a cup”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēizhōngwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui¹ zung¹ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēizhōngwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beijhongwù
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-chung¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: bēi-jūng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beijongwuh
    • Palladius: бэйчжунъу (bɛjčžunʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui¹ zung¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: būi jūng maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui¹ dzung¹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui¹ zung¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/

Noun

杯中物

1. (figurative) alcohol

Synonyms

• 杯中之物 (bēizhōngzhīwù)