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Translingual
Stroke order
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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
- beer (Used in compounds.)
- (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 maan5-1 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
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)
- pair
- Classifier for pairs of objects.
- Short for 啤牌.
- playing card (Classifier: 張/张 c; 副 c; 套 c; 疊/叠 c)
- (by extension) card game
- 玩啤 [Cantonese] ― waan2 pe1 ― to play cards
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
撲克牌 (“playing card”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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撲克牌, 撲克, 紙牌
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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撲克, 撲克兒, 撲克兒牌
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Taiwan
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撲克牌
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Chengde
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撲克
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Chifeng
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撲克
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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撲克兒
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Heihe
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撲克
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Qiqihar
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撲克
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Harbin
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撲克兒
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Jiamusi
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撲克
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Baicheng
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撲克
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Changchun
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撲克
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Tonghua
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撲克兒
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Shenyang
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撲克
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Jinzhou
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撲克兒
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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撲克兒, 怕司牌
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Tangshan
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撲克
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Cangzhou
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撲克兒
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Baoding
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撲克兒
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Shijiazhuang
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撲克
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Lijin
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撲克
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Jinan
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撲克牌, 撲克
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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撲克兒
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Yantai
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撲克兒
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Yantai (Muping)
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撲克兒
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Qingdao
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撲克
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Zhucheng
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撲克兒, 牌克兒
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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撲克
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Lingbao
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撲克兒
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Jining
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撲克兒
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Wanrong
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牌
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Linfen
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撲克
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Shangqiu
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撲克
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Yuanyang
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撲克兒
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Zhengzhou
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撲克
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Xinyang
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撲克
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Baihe
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撲克兒
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Xi'an
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撲克, 牌
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Baoji
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撲克牌, 撲克
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Tianshui
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撲克
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Xining
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撲克
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Xuzhou
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撲克牌, 撲克, 爬子牌
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Fuyang
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撲克
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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撲克
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Lanzhou
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撲克
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Dunhuang
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撲克
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Hami
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撲克
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Ürümqi
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撲克
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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撲克
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Nanchong
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撲克
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Dazhou
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撲克, 牌
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Hanyuan
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撲克
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Xichang
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撲克
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Zigong
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撲克
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Chongqing
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撲克
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Wuhan
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撲克牌, 撲克
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Yichang
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撲克
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Xiangyang
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撲克
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Tianmen
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撲克
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Guiyang
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撲克, 牌
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Zunyi
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撲克, 牌
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Bijie
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撲克
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Liping
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撲克, 牌
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Zhaotong
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撲克, 牌
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Dali
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撲克
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Kunming
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撲克
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Mengzi
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撲克
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Guilin
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撲克
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Liuzhou
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撲克, 煙洗啤, 啤
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Jishou
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撲克
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Changde
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撲克
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Hanzhong
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撲克牌
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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撲克
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Yangzhou
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撲克牌, 撲克
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Lianyungang
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撲克牌, 撲克
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Lianshui
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撲克, 牌
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Nantong
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撲克
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Anqing
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撲克
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Wuhu
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撲克
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Hefei
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撲克
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Hong'an
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撲克, 撲
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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啤牌, 啤, 撲克牌
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Hong Kong
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啤牌, 啤
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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啤牌
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Macau
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啤牌
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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啤牌
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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啤牌
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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啤牌
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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啤牌
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Foshan
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啤牌
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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啤牌
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Foshan (Shunde)
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啤牌
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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啤牌
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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啤牌
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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啤牌
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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啤牌
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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啤牌
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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啤牌, 博架
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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紙牌
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Taishan
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紙牌, 啤牌
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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紙牌
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Enping (Niujiang)
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紙牌, 啤牌
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Heshan (Yayao)
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衣士
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Dongguan
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啤牌, 啤
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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紙牌
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Shaoguan
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啤牌
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Yunfu
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啤牌, 啤
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Yangjiang
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啤牌
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Xinyi
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啤牌
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Lianjiang
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啤
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Nanning
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啤
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Wuzhou
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啤
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Yulin
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啤
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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啤
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Gan
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Lichuan
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撲克
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Hakka
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Meixian
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撲克牌, 萬曆, 啤牌
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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紙牌
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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紙牌
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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紙牌
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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啤仔
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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紙牌
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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特濟邦
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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特濟邦
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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特濟邦
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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特濟邦
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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特濟邦
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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特濟邦
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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老開, 撲克
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Shexian
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撲克
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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撲克兒, 撲克
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Yangyuan
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撲克兒, 王八牌
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Datong
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撲克
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Xinzhou
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撲克兒
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Lüliang (Lishi)
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撲克兒
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Changzhi
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撲克
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Linhe
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撲克兒
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Jining
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撲克兒
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Hohhot
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撲克兒
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Erenhot
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撲克兒
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Pingshan
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撲克兒
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Zhangjiakou
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撲克牌, 撲克, 牌
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Handan
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撲克
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Linzhou
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撲克兒
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Suide
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撲克兒
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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撲克, 牌仔
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Quanzhou
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撲克, 牌仔
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Zhangzhou
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撲克, 牌仔
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Penang (Hokkien)
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牌
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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撲克
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Shantou
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萬六, 撲克牌
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Jieyang
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滿九, 滿九牌, 萬六, 萬六牌, 撲克, 撲克牌
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Singapore (Teochew)
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滿九
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Leizhou
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啤
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Haikou
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啤
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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撲克, 啤
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Wu
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Shanghai
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撲克牌, 牌
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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派司牌
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Danyang
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杜老克
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Hangzhou
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撲克牌兒
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Ningbo
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派司牌, 撲克, 撲克牌, 杜勒克, 杜勒克牌, 老K牌
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Jinhua
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老凱, 撲克
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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)
- to stare; to glare
- 怒啤 [Cantonese] ― nou6 be1 ― to stare someone angrily
Etymology 4
Borrowed from English press.
Pronunciation
Definitions
啤 (Cantonese)
- to weld; to solder; to press a mould or seal an edge with a machine
- to apply pressure to cause something to flow through
Compounds
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Definitions
啤
- (chiefly Cantonese) Used in transcription.
Compounds
Etymology 6
Pronunciation
Definitions
啤
- † larynx disorder that causes one to be unable to speak loudly
- Alternative form of 諀 (bǐ)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
啤
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
啤: Hán Nôm readings: bi, bì
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