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玻璃

glass

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

bo1li5 • bōli

Alternative Pinyin

bo1li2 • bōlí

Meaning

Primary

glass

Mnemonic

If you take 玻 glass and combine it with 璃 glass, you make 玻璃 glass. That is so obvious we say the second 璃 glass [5] silently, in fact.

Usage

玻璃 是 沙子 做 的。

Glass is made from sand.

玻璃 天花板

glass ceiling

玻璃 窗户

glass window