Chinese symbol for “vase”
瓶
píng
bottle; vase; pitcher; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vase is 瓶 (píng), defined as: bottle; vase; pitcher; 个 (gè); classifier for wine and liquids.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vase”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瓶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓶子 | píng zi | bottle; 个 (gè) |
| 瓶颈 (瓶頸) | píng jǐng | neck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck |
| 花瓶 | huā píng | flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) |
| 瓶装 (瓶裝) | píng zhuāng | bottled |
| 奶瓶 | nǎi píng | baby's feeding bottle |
| 瓶盖 (瓶蓋) | píng gài | bottle cap |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vase”.
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.
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