"瓶子里有什么？"

Translation: What is in the bottle?

[SolonOfAthens]

How would I determine if the speaker is referring to a bottle or bottles in this sentence.

[Keith_APP]

You can't tell actually. You would need more context.

[a.charmedlife]

I would assume it's one bottle in this sentence. If there are multiple bottles, the sentence could be clarified by saying "这些/那些 瓶子” ("these/those bottles")

[Keith_APP]

Not necessarily. In Chinese, we can talk about multiple items without using demonstrative articles.

[e1VpVxkl]

"What is in the bottles?" = Accepted: 17 dec. 2019.

[Jonathan215308]

白酒

[deactivated user]

Pickle juice?

[TheYellowKid90]

vase?

[NasuSamaruk0]

花瓶 - vase

If 花 (flower) is included before 瓶, then you emphasize "flower bottle", which implies "vase". Otherwise, that word doesn't work in the sentence.

[Keith_APP]

Just a joke: I know at least a type of flower that people would put it "in" a bottle - 桂花.

[LuisJp3]

Sorry, I couldn't catch your point. What's special in 桂花?

[Keith_APP]

It is a kind of grain sized tiny yellow flowers which are usually simmered with sugar into a floral flavored syrup and sold in bottles.

[LuisJp3]

I got it, thanks.

[onyan753]

Is the pronunciation of 瓶 in this course correct? I hear [xing2] instead of [ping2]. I'm not sure if I should report it.

[Bill496592]

I think it is correct now!

[Alegria826011]

瓶子里有水。