啤 pí beer
How to remember 啤: 口 mouth + 卑 inferior = beer. The snobbish wine critic opens his mouth to call the pub's drinks inferior, then quietly orders a second beer.
Component breakdown
啤 = 口 mouth + 卑 inferior
- 口 mouth
- 卑 inferior
The snobbish wine critic opens his mouth to call the pub's drinks inferior, then quietly orders a second beer.
How it is used
- Purely phonetic, exists only in 啤酒 (píjiǔ) beer - the 口 mouth radical marks it as a loan sound (from 'beer').
- Never stands alone: order 一杯啤酒 (yì bēi píjiǔ) a glass of beer, or 一瓶啤酒 a bottle.
- Colloquial 扎啤 (zhāpí) is draft beer.
Words with 啤
Example sentences
- 英国的啤酒比较苦。 Yīngguóde píjiǔ bǐjiào kǔ.English beer is rather bitter.
- 他端着啤酒走过来。 Tā duānzhe píjiǔ zǒu guòlái.He came over, carrying a tray of beer.