啤

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

啤 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口竹田十 (RHWJ) or 口竹竹十 (RHHJ), four-corner 6604₀, composition ⿰口卑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3878
• Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 642, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5564

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth (phonetic)”) + phonetic 卑.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English beer. First attested in 1828, in Robert Morrison's Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect.

Pronunciation

Definitions

啤

1. beer
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to drink beer

   今晚去邊度啤一啤啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   今晚去边度啤一啤啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam¹ maan^5-1 heoi³ bin¹ dou⁶ be¹ jat¹ be¹ aa³?

   Where are we going to drink beer tonight?

   你升職咁開心，點可以唔啤啤佢啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你升职咁开心，点可以唔啤啤佢啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sing¹ zik¹ gam³ hoi¹ sam¹, dim² ho² ji⁵ m⁴ be¹ be¹ keoi⁵ aa³?

   In this happy occasion of your promotion, how could we not drink beer?

Compounds

See also

• 🐮🍺 (niúbī)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pair.

From 1950 at the earliest. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “can we improve this date?”)

Pronunciation

Definitions

啤 (Cantonese)

1. pair
2. Classifier for pairs of objects.
3. Short for 啤牌.
   1. playing card (Classifier: 張／张 c; 副 c; 套 c; 疊／叠 c)
   2. (by extension) card game

      玩啤 [Cantonese]  ―  waan² pe¹   ―  to play cards

Synonyms

Usage notes

The classifier 啤 (pe1, “pair”) is not used for objects that naturally come in pairs (e.g. eyes, shoes, socks, gloves, chopsticks, etc.), for which 對／对 (deoi3) is used instead.

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

啤 (Cantonese)

1. to stare; to glare

   怒啤 [Cantonese]  ―  nou⁶ be¹   ―  to stare someone angrily

   • 1994, Hail the Judge, Stephen Chow (actor):

     我大人啤你賤人得，你賤人啤我大人唔得！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     我大人啤你贱人得，你贱人啤我大人唔得！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ daai⁶ jan⁴ be¹ nei⁵ zin⁶ jan⁴ dak¹, nei⁵ zin⁶ jan⁴ be¹ ngo⁵ daai⁶ jan⁴ m⁴ dak¹!

     I can stare you bastard as a senior, but you can't stare me the senior as a bastard!

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English press.

Pronunciation

Definitions

啤 (Cantonese)

1. to weld; to solder; to press a mould or seal an edge with a machine
2. to apply pressure to cause something to flow through

Compounds

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Definitions

啤

1. (chiefly Cantonese) Used in transcription.

Compounds

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

Definitions

啤

1. ^† larynx disorder that causes one to be unable to speak loudly
2. Alternative form of 諀 (bǐ)

Compounds

References

• “啤”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)

Vietnamese

Han character

啤: Hán Nôm readings: bi, bì

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References

• Nom Foundation