觞 (shāng) - Wine vessel & ancient drinking cup or goblet

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shāng ｜ 12 strokes ｜ radical:

善上

觞 · shāng

Wine vessel;

ancient drinking cup or goblet;

to offer a toast.

Wine vesselancient drinking cup or gobletto offer a toast.

Usage highlights

Raise a cup in toastCeremonial wine vesselHornFloating wine cupTo offer a toastDrinking party

Synonyms

  • 杯— cup, glass
  • 爵— ancient bronze wine vessel
  • 盏— small cup

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • They raised their wine cups in a toast (举觞).
  • The ancient ritual involved a ceremonial drinking vessel (礼觞).
  • He drank from a horn-shaped cup (角觞).
  • The poet wrote about floating a cup on a winding stream (曲水流觞).

Collocations

  • Raise a cup in toast(举觞)
  • Ceremonial wine vessel(礼觞)
  • Horn-shaped cup(角觞)
  • Floating wine cup(流觞)
  • To offer a toast(奉觞)
  • Drinking party(觞宴)

Idioms

  • Floating goblets on a meandering stream(曲水流觞)
  • Exchange of toasts and poems(一觞一咏)
  • Raise the cup and offer a toast(举觞称寿)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • A ritual bronze wine vessel used in ancient Chinese ceremonies and aristocratic banquets.
  • Central to the Lanting Gathering (兰亭集) of 353 CE, where the 'Floating Goblet' game (流觞曲水) was played.
  • Evokes classical elegance, literati culture, and poetic refinement.

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