Meaning of 啤酒
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- beer (loanword)
Measure word: 杯,瓶,罐,桶,缸
How to use 啤酒
啤酒 is the everyday word for beer, and it is usually counted with 瓶 (píng, bottle), 杯 (bēi, glass) or 罐 (guàn, can). Example: 我们喝两瓶啤酒吧。(Wǒmen hē liǎng píng píjiǔ ba.) Let's drink two bottles of beer.
啤酒 (píjiǔ) is a sound loan for beer: 啤 has the mouth radical 口 plus 卑 (bēi), hinting at a sound you say, and 酒 (jiǔ) means alcohol. So 啤酒 is literally the "pí" kind of alcohol.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 啤 without the 口 radical, which gives 卑 (bēi), a different character meaning "low". Also keep 酒 in the third tone (jiǔ), not the first tone.
啤酒 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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啤 pí · beer · 11 strokes
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酒 jiǔ · wine · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 啤酒.
| 酒店 | jiǔdiàn | wine shop; pub (public house) |
| 红酒 | hóngjiǔ | red wine |
| 酒吧 | jiǔbā | bar (place to buy drinks) |
| 酒鬼 | jiǔguǐ | drunkard |
| 葡萄酒 | pútaojiǔ | (grape) wine |
| 白酒 | báijiǔ | baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 |
| 酒水 | jiǔshuǐ | alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu) |
| 酒精 | jiǔjīng | (coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol |
| 酗酒 | xùjiǔ | heavy drinking; to get drunk |
| 敬酒 | jìngjiǔ | to toast; to propose a toast |
| 喜酒 | xǐjiǔ | wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast |
| 酒楼 | jiǔlóu | restaurant |
Questions about 啤酒
What does 啤酒 mean?
啤酒 (píjiǔ) means "beer (loanword)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 啤酒?
啤酒 is made of 2 characters: 啤 (11 strokes), 酒 (10 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.
Is 啤酒 an HSK word?
Yes. 啤酒 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
Is 酒 in 啤酒 the same as wine?
No. 酒 (jiǔ) is a general word for any alcoholic drink. Grape wine is 葡萄酒 (pútaojiǔ) or 红酒 (hóngjiǔ), and Chinese spirits are 白酒 (báijiǔ).
How do I order a cold beer in Chinese?
You can say 来一瓶冰啤酒 (lái yì píng bīng píjiǔ), "a bottle of cold beer, please". In many places in China beer is served at room temperature unless you ask for 冰的 (bīng de).