snuff bottle

English

A snuff bottle

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺／鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú).

Noun

snuff bottle (plural snuff bottles)

1. A bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco.

Translations

bottle used by the Chinese during the Qing dynasty to hold powdered tobacco

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鼻煙壺／鼻烟壶 (bei⁶ jin¹ wu^4-2)

  Mandarin: 鼻煙壺／鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú)

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• Finnish: nuuskapullo
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• Russian: таба́чный пузырёк m (tabáčnyj puzyrjók)
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