啤酒
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Chinese
| beer | alcoholic drink | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (啤酒) | 啤 | 酒 | |
| simp. #(啤酒) | 啤 | 酒 | |
| alternative forms | 皮酒 obsolete | ||
Etymology
From 啤 (pí, transliteration of English beer or German Bier via Shanghainese) + 酒 (jiǔ, “alcohol”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pi1 jiu3
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): пиҗю (piži͡u, I-II)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): be1 zau2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): pie2 diu2
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): be1 zau2
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): bi1 jiu3
- Jin (Wiktionary): pi1 jiou2
- Eastern Min (BUC): bì-ciū
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6bi-cieu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: píjiǒu
- Wade–Giles: pʻi2-chiu3
- Yale: pí-jyǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyijeou
- Palladius: пицзю (piczju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
啤酒
皮酒
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: pi1 jiu3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pi giu
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: пиҗю (piži͡u, I-II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi²⁴ t͡ɕiou⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: be1 zau2
- Yale: bē jáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: be1 dzau2
- Guangdong Romanization: bé1 zeo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɛː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: pie2 diu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰiɛ⁵⁵ tiu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: pi1 jiou2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰi¹¹ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: bì-ciū
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵³⁻³³ (t͡s-)ʒieu³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
啤酒
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bouyei: pifjiuj
- → Mongolian: пийжүү (piižüü)
- ⇒ Zhuang: laeujbizciuj
See also
- 扎啤 (zhāpí)