啤酒

啤酒

Chinese

		beer	alcoholic drink
simp. and trad. (啤酒)		啤	酒
variant forms		皮酒 obsolete

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): píjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): пиҗю (piži͡u, I-II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): be¹ zau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pie² diu²

• Jin (Wiktionary): pi¹ jiou²
• Min Dong (BUC): bì-ciū
• Min Nan (POJ): pî-chiú
• Wu (Wiktionary): bi jieu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: píjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyijeou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píjiǒu
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 啤酒 皮酒

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: пиҗю (piži͡u, I-II)
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiː²⁴ t͡ɕiou⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: be¹ zau²
    • Yale: bē jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: be¹ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bé¹ zeo²
    • IPA ^(key): /pɛː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pie² diu²
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛ⁵⁵ tiu⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: pi¹ jiou²
    • IPA (old-style): /pʰxi¹¹ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bì-ciū
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-chiú
    • Tâi-lô: pî-tsiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piciuo
    • IPA (Kinmen): /pi²⁴⁻¹² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: bi jieu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /b̻i²² t͡ɕiɜ⁴⁴/

Noun

啤酒

1. beer

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 啤酒 (“beer”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		啤酒
Mandarin	Beijing	啤酒
	Taiwan	啤酒
	Harbin	啤的, 畢威 dated, 畢露 dated
	Jinan	啤酒
	Muping	啤酒
	Yinchuan	啤酒
	Yangzhou	啤酒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啤酒
	Hong Kong	啤酒, 鬼佬涼茶, 番鬼佬涼茶
	Taishan	啤酒
	Dongguan	啤酒
Hakka	Yudu	啤酒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥酒, 啤露
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	麥酒, 啤露
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	麥酒, 啤露
	Dongshi (Dabu)	麥酒, 啤露
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	麥酒, 啤露
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	麥子酒, 啤露
Jin	Taiyuan	啤酒
Min Dong	Fuzhou	啤酒
Min Nan	Xiamen	啤酒, 米仔酒, 啤仔酒, 麥仔酒
	Quanzhou	啤酒
	Zhangzhou	啤酒
	Taipei	bì-lù, 麥仔酒
	Kaohsiung	bì-lù, 麥仔酒
	Tainan	bì-lù, 麥仔酒
	Taichung	麥仔酒, bì-lù
	Hsinchu	麥仔酒, bì-lù
	Lukang	bì-lù, 麥仔酒
	Sanxia	bì-lù, 麥仔酒
	Yilan	bì-lù, 麥仔酒
	Kinmen	麥仔酒, 啤酒
	Magong	麥仔酒, bì-lù
	Chaozhou	麥酒
Wu	Shanghai	啤酒

Derived terms

啤酒廠／啤酒厂 (píjiǔchǎng) 啤酒瓶 (píjiǔpíng) 啤酒罐 (píjiǔguàn)

啤酒肚 (píjiǔdù) 啤酒館／啤酒馆

Descendants

• → Bouyei: pifjiuj
• → Mongolian: пийжүү (pijžüü)

See also

• 扎啤 (zhāpí)