啤酒

píjiǔ

noun HSK 3 #1,251

Measure Word

一瓶啤酒 píng

Meanings

1 beer

Characters

beer (phonetic)

alcohol; wine; liquor

啤 is a phonetic borrowing from 'beer' + 酒 (alcohol).

Examples

来一瓶啤酒。

Lái yì píng píjiǔ.

A bottle of beer, please.

你喜欢喝啤酒吗？

Nǐ xǐhuan hē píjiǔ ma?

Do you like drinking beer?

中国的啤酒很便宜。

Zhōngguó de píjiǔ hěn piányi.

Beer in China is very cheap.

Tips

culture

China is the world's largest beer market. Tsingtao (青岛啤酒) is the most famous Chinese beer internationally. The annual Qingdao Beer Festival rivals Oktoberfest.

usage

You can also count beer with 杯 (bēi, glass/cup): 一杯啤酒 (a glass of beer).

Stroke Order

啤 pí

酒 jiǔ