啤酒

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


Noun

啤酒

  1. beer
    請來兩杯啤酒。/请来两杯啤酒。  ―  Qǐng lái liǎng bēi píjiǔ.  ―  Two beers, please.

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bouyei: pifjiuj
  • → Mongolian: пийжүү (piižüü)
  • ⇒ Zhuang: laeujbizciuj

See also

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