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啤酒 píjiǔ

啤酒 píjiǔ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 啤酒 píjiǔ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
píjiǔ | pi2 jiu3
English translation
beer (loanword)
CL: bēi [bēi], píng [píng], guàn [guàn], tǒng [tǒng], gāng [gāng]

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Traditional form

啤酒 píjiǔ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 啤酒 píjiǔ

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and bēi represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

bēi

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

口卑

Number of Strokes

11
jiǔ

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yǒu represents the sound. The yǒu component is a pictograph of a container for wine, so it also serves as a meaning component.

Positional decomposition

氵酉

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 啤酒 píjiǔ

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hěn , qǐng gěi bàn 品脱 pǐn tuō de 啤酒 píjiǔ .

I'm rather thirsty. bring me half a pint of beer, please.

yǒu rén 已经 yǐjīng le 啤酒 píjiǔ ,或者 huòzhě diào le .

Somebody had drunk the beer or thrown it away.

bēi 啤酒 píjiǔ 猛地 měng de zài de 脸上.

She dashed a glass of beer in his face.

防止 fángzhǐ 啤酒 píjiǔ biàn huài de 主要 zhǔyào 方法 fāngfǎ shì yòng chún 酵母菌 jiào mǔ jūn zhū 发酵 fā jiào .

The principal methods of avoiding spoilage are the use of pure yeast strains as starters.

jiǔ Huā de 作用 zuòyòng shì 使 shǐ 啤酒 píjiǔ .

Hops serve to embitter beer.

啤酒 píjiǔ Decomposition

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啤酒 píjiǔ Compounds

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