Chinese

啤酒

píjiǔ
beer
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 3

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Origin

From 啤 (pí, transliteration of English beer or German Bier via Shanghainese) + 酒 (jiǔ, “alcohol”).

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  • derivedEnglishbeer “An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some ot…”
    • derivedGermanBier “beer”
  • characterChinese啤 “beer (Used in compounds.)”
    • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • soundChinese卑 “low; inferior”
      • ideaChinese甲 “shell; carapace”
      • ideaChinese𠂇 “hand”
  • characterChinese酒 “alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink; booze”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese酉 “an alcoholic drink vessel”

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