满mǎnto fill
满 (mǎn) means "to fill," and it also means "full." 请把小杯子满上 says please fill the small cup. 杯子满了 says the cup is full. 大杯子已经是满的 says the big cup is already full. The first sentence uses "to fill," and the other two use "full."
What does 满 mean?
- 1.
to fillverb
- 2.
fulladjective
What does the character 满 mean?
- 满to fill
How do you use 满?
满上 can ask someone to fill a cup, and 满了 can say that the cup is full.
Patterns
把 + Noun + 满上
请把小杯子满上。
Qǐng bǎ xiǎo bēizi mǎn shàng.
Please fill the small cup.
Noun + 满了
杯子满了。
Bēizi mǎn le.
The cup is full.
是 + 满 + 的
大杯子已经是满的。
Dà bēizi yǐjīng shì mǎn de.
The big cup is already full.
What are some examples of 满 in a sentence?
How is 满 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
我们进去吃饭吧。
Wǒmen jìnqù chīfàn ba.
Let's go in and eat.
- Speaker B:
你看,里面已经满了。
Nǐ kàn, lǐmiàn yǐjīng mǎn le.
Look, it's already full inside.
- Speaker A:
那我们要等多长时间?
Nà wǒmen yào děng duō cháng shíjiān?
Then how long will we have to wait?
- Speaker B:
服务员说要等半个小时。
Fúwùyuán shuō yào děng bàn gè xiǎoshí.
The server says we have to wait half an hour.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.