啤酒花

píjiǔhuā

noun #36,548

Meanings

1 hops (Humulus lupulus, the bittering ingredient in beer)

Characters

beer (phonetic)

alcoholic drink

Examples

HSK 4

啤酒花给啤酒带来苦味和香气。

Píjiǔhuā gěi píjiǔ dàilái kǔ wèi hé xiāngqì.

Hops give beer its bitterness and aroma.

HSK 7-9

新疆是中国主要的啤酒花产区。

Xīnjiāng shì Zhōngguó zhǔyào de píjiǔhuā chǎnqū.

Xinjiang is China's main hop-growing region.

Tips

memory

Read literally: 啤酒 (píjiǔ) 'beer' + 花 (huā) 'flower' = 'beer flower' - and indeed it is the dried female flower cone of the hop plant that brewers add for bitterness and aroma.

Stroke Order

啤 pí

酒 jiǔ

花 huā