易拉罐 (yìlāguàn): pull-tab can; aluminum can

Measure Word

一只易拉罐 zhī

Meanings

1 pull-tab can; aluminum can
2 beverage can

Characters

Literally 'easy-pull can' - a perfectly descriptive name for the pull-tab mechanism.

Examples

HSK 5

别把易拉罐扔在地上。

Bié bǎ yìlāguàn rēng zài dìshang.

Don't throw aluminum cans on the ground.

HSK 7-9

请给我一罐易拉罐可乐。

Qǐng gěi wǒ yì guàn yìlāguàn kělè.

Please give me a can of Coke.

Tips

memory

This is one of Chinese's best descriptive compound words: 易 (easy) + 拉 (pull) + 罐 (can) = 'easy-pull can.' Once you hear it, you never forget it.

Stroke Order

易 yì

拉 lā

罐 guàn

Related Words

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罐头 guàntou HSK 7-9 #7,504

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轻而易举 qīng'ér-yìjǔ HSK 7-9 #8,626

easy as pie; effortless / to accomplish with little effort

拉开 lākāi HSK 4 #6,630

to pull open / to pull apart / to widen (a gap)

拉动 lādòng HSK 7-9 #29,637

to drive; to stimulate (growth, demand) / to pull along; to set in motion

拉 lā HSK 2 #419

to pull / to drag / to play (a bowed instrument) / to chat / to defecate

易 yì #3,332

easy; simple / to change; to exchange

简易 jiǎnyì HSK 7-9 #15,696

simple and easy / simplified / makeshift

拉拢 lālǒng HSK 7-9 #16,335

to win over; to draw to one's side / to court; to rope in