啤酒花

píjiǔhuā

noun #36,548

Meanings

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

Characters

beer (phonetic)

alcoholic drink

Examples

啤酒花给啤酒带来苦味和香气。

Píjiǔhuā gěi píjiǔ dàilái kǔwèi hé xiāngqì.

Hops give beer its bitterness and aroma.

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