Chinese symbol for “glass”
玻璃
bō li
glass; 张 (zhāng),块 (kuài); (slang) male homosexual
The closest CC-CEDICT match for glass is 玻璃 (bō li), defined as: glass; 张 (zhāng),块 (kuài); (slang) male homosexual.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “glass”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 玻璃.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玻璃纤维 (玻璃纖維) | bō lí xiān wéi | fiberglass; glass fiber |
| 挡风玻璃 (擋風玻璃) | dǎng fēng bō li | windshield; wind screen |
| 玻璃杯 | bō li bēi | drinking glass |
| 玻璃钢 (玻璃鋼) | bō li gāng | glass-reinforced plastic; fiberglass |
| 窗玻璃 | chuāng bō lí | window pane |
| 琉璃 | liú li | colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture; colored or clear glass art object |
| 琉璃瓦 | liú li wǎ | glazed roof tile |
See also: Japanese symbol for “glass”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.