雞尾酒

雞尾酒

See also: 鸡尾酒

Chinese

		cocktail	alcoholic drink
trad. (雞尾酒)		雞尾	酒
simp. (鸡尾酒)		鸡尾	酒

Etymology

Calque of English cocktail + 酒 (jiǔ, “alcohol”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīwěijiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ mei⁵ zau²
• Min Nan (POJ): ke-bóe-chiú / koe-bé-chiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīwěijiǔ [Phonetic: jīwéijiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwoeijeou
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ mei⁵ zau²
    • Yale: gāi méih jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ mei⁵ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ méi⁵ zeo²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-bóe-chiú / koe-bé-chiú
    • Tâi-lô: ke-bué-tsiú / kue-bé-tsiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ke'boefciuo, koe'befciuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵³/, /kue⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³ bue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/, /kue³³ be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵³/, /kue⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵³/, /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴¹/, /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴¹/

Noun

雞尾酒

1. cocktail

   調製雞尾酒 / 调制鸡尾酒  ―  tiáozhì jīwěijiǔ  ―  to make a cocktail

Derived terms

雞尾酒會／鸡尾酒会 (jīwěijiǔhuì)