空瓶

kōngpíng

noun

Measure Word

一个空瓶 gè

Meanings

1 empty bottle
2 (beauty/skincare) finishing a product down to the last drop

Characters

Examples

这瓶精华我用到空瓶了,真的好用!

Zhè píng jīnghuá wǒ yòng dào kōngpíng le, zhēn de hǎoyòng!

I finished this serum down to an empty bottle — it really works!

她在小红书上分享了自己的空瓶记录。

Tā zài Xiǎohóngshū shàng fēnxiǎng le zìjǐ de kōngpíng jìlù.

She shared her empty-bottle (finished products) record on Xiaohongshu.

Tips

culture

On Xiaohongshu (小红书) and beauty forums, '空瓶记' (empty-bottle log) is a popular content format: bloggers review a product after fully using it up, since only finishing a bottle proves they actually like it. 用到空瓶 ('used to empty') is the highest endorsement.

register

In neutral usage 空瓶 just means 'empty bottle' (recycling, drinks, etc.). The beauty-specific sense is a 2010s-onward subculture term — context makes which is meant obvious.

Stroke Order

空 kōng

瓶 píng