啤

啤 U+5564, 啤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5564 ← 啣 [U+5563] CJK Unified Ideographs 啥 → [U+5565]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

啤 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口竹田十 (RHWJ) or 口竹竹十 (RHHJ), four-corner 6604₀, composition ⿰口卑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3878
• Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 642, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5564

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth (phonetic)”) + phonetic 卑.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		啤

Borrowed from English beer. First attested in 1828, in Robert Morrison's Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): be¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pie²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): bi¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): pi¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): bì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: be¹
    • Yale: bē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: be¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pie²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: pi¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰi¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî
    • Tâi-lô: pî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bi
    • MiniDict: bi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²³/

Definitions

啤

1. beer (Used in compounds.)
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to drink beer

   今晚去邊度啤一啤啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   今晚去边度啤一啤啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam¹ maan^5-1 heoi³ bin¹ dou⁶ be¹ jat¹ be¹ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Where are we going to drink beer tonight?

   你升職咁開心，點可以唔啤啤佢啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你升职咁开心，点可以唔啤啤佢啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ sing¹ zik¹ gam³ hoi¹ sam¹, dim² ho² ji⁵ m⁴ be¹ be¹ keoi⁵ aa³? [Jyutping]

   In this happy occasion of your promotion, how could we not drink beer?

Compounds

• 乾啤 / 干啤
• 啤酒 (píjiǔ)
• 扎啤 (zhāpí)
• 生啤 (shēngpí)
• 鮮啤 / 鲜啤

See also

• 🐮🍺 (niúbī)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		啤
alternative forms		𠵿 𠯔 pair

Borrowed from English pair.

From 1950 at the earliest. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “can we improve this date?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pe¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pe¹
    • Yale: pē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pe¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啤 (Cantonese)

1. pair
2. Classifier for pairs of objects.
3. short for 啤牌
   1. playing card (Classifier: 張／张 c; 副 c; 套 c; 疊／叠 c)
   2. (by extension) card game

      玩啤 [Cantonese]  ―  waan² pe¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to play cards

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 撲克牌 (“playing card”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		撲克牌, 撲克, 紙牌
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	撲克, 撲克兒, 撲克兒牌
	Taiwan	撲克牌
	Chengde	撲克
	Chifeng	撲克
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	撲克兒
	Heihe	撲克
	Qiqihar	撲克
	Harbin	撲克兒
	Jiamusi	撲克
	Baicheng	撲克
	Changchun	撲克
	Tonghua	撲克兒
	Shenyang	撲克
	Jinzhou	撲克兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	撲克兒, 怕司牌
	Tangshan	撲克
	Cangzhou	撲克兒
	Baoding	撲克兒
	Shijiazhuang	撲克
	Lijin	撲克
	Jinan	撲克牌, 撲克
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	撲克兒
	Yantai	撲克兒
	Yantai (Muping)	撲克兒
	Qingdao	撲克
	Zhucheng	撲克兒, 牌克兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	撲克
	Lingbao	撲克兒
	Jining	撲克兒
	Wanrong	牌
	Linfen	撲克
	Shangqiu	撲克
	Yuanyang	撲克兒
	Zhengzhou	撲克
	Xinyang	撲克
	Baihe	撲克兒
	Xi'an	撲克, 牌
	Baoji	撲克牌, 撲克
	Tianshui	撲克
	Xining	撲克
	Xuzhou	撲克牌, 撲克, 爬子牌
	Fuyang	撲克
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	撲克
	Lanzhou	撲克
	Dunhuang	撲克
	Hami	撲克
	Ürümqi	撲克
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	撲克
	Nanchong	撲克
	Dazhou	撲克, 牌
	Hanyuan	撲克
	Xichang	撲克
	Zigong	撲克
	Chongqing	撲克
	Wuhan	撲克牌, 撲克
	Yichang	撲克
	Xiangyang	撲克
	Tianmen	撲克
	Guiyang	撲克, 牌
	Zunyi	撲克, 牌
	Bijie	撲克
	Liping	撲克, 牌
	Zhaotong	撲克, 牌
	Dali	撲克
	Kunming	撲克
	Mengzi	撲克
	Guilin	撲克
	Liuzhou	撲克, 煙洗啤, 啤
	Jishou	撲克
	Changde	撲克
	Hanzhong	撲克牌
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	撲克
	Yangzhou	撲克牌, 撲克
	Lianyungang	撲克牌, 撲克
	Lianshui	撲克, 牌
	Nantong	撲克
	Anqing	撲克
	Wuhu	撲克
	Hefei	撲克
	Hong'an	撲克, 撲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啤牌, 啤, 撲克牌
	Hong Kong	啤牌, 啤
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	啤牌
	Macau	啤牌
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	啤牌
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	啤牌
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	啤牌
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	啤牌
	Foshan	啤牌
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	啤牌
	Foshan (Shunde)	啤牌
	Foshan (Sanshui)	啤牌
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	啤牌
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	啤牌
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	啤牌
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	啤牌
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	啤牌, 博架
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	紙牌
	Taishan	紙牌, 啤牌
	Kaiping (Chikan)	紙牌
	Enping (Niujiang)	紙牌, 啤牌
	Heshan (Yayao)	衣士
	Dongguan	啤牌, 啤
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	紙牌
	Shaoguan	啤牌
	Yunfu	啤牌, 啤
	Yangjiang	啤牌
	Xinyi	啤牌
	Lianjiang	啤
	Nanning	啤
	Wuzhou	啤
	Yulin	啤
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	啤
Gan	Lichuan	撲克
Hakka	Meixian	撲克牌, 萬曆, 啤牌
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	紙牌
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	紙牌
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	紙牌
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	啤仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	紙牌
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	特濟邦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	特濟邦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	特濟邦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	特濟邦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	特濟邦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	特濟邦
Huizhou	Jixi	老開, 撲克
	Shexian	撲克
Jin	Taiyuan	撲克兒, 撲克
	Yangyuan	撲克兒, 王八牌
	Datong	撲克
	Xinzhou	撲克兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	撲克兒
	Changzhi	撲克
	Linhe	撲克兒
	Jining	撲克兒
	Hohhot	撲克兒
	Erenhot	撲克兒
	Pingshan	撲克兒
	Zhangjiakou	撲克牌, 撲克, 牌
	Handan	撲克
	Linzhou	撲克兒
	Suide	撲克兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	撲克, 牌仔
	Quanzhou	撲克, 牌仔
	Zhangzhou	撲克, 牌仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	牌
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	撲克
	Shantou	萬六, 撲克牌
	Jieyang	滿九, 滿九牌, 萬六, 萬六牌, 撲克, 撲克牌
	Singapore (Teochew)	滿九
	Leizhou	啤
	Haikou	啤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	撲克, 啤
Wu	Shanghai	撲克牌, 牌
	Shanghai (Chongming)	派司牌
	Danyang	杜老克
	Hangzhou	撲克牌兒
	Ningbo	派司牌, 撲克, 撲克牌, 杜勒克, 杜勒克牌, 老K牌
	Jinhua	老凱, 撲克

Usage notes

The classifier 啤 (pe1, “pair”) is not used for objects that naturally come in pairs (e.g. eyes, shoes, socks, gloves, chopsticks, etc.), for which 對／对 (deoi3) is used instead.

Compounds

• 啤啤夫
• 啤牌
• 德州啤
• 話事啤 / 话事啤
• 賭啤 / 赌啤

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		啤
alternative forms		睥

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): be¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: be¹
    • Yale: bē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: be¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啤 (Cantonese)

1. to stare; to glare

   怒啤 [Cantonese]  ―  nou⁶ be¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to stare someone angrily

   • 1994, Hail the Judge, Stephen Chow (actor):

     我大人啤你賤人得，你賤人啤我大人唔得！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     我大人啤你贱人得，你贱人啤我大人唔得！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ daai⁶ jan⁴ be¹ nei⁵ zin⁶ jan⁴ dak¹, nei⁵ zin⁶ jan⁴ be¹ ngo⁵ daai⁶ jan⁴ m⁴ dak¹! [Jyutping]

     I can stare you bastard as a senior, but you can't stare me the senior as a bastard!

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		啤

Borrowed from English press.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): be¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: be¹
    • Yale: bē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: be¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啤 (Cantonese)

1. to weld; to solder; to press a mould or seal an edge with a machine
2. to apply pressure to cause something to flow through

Compounds

• 啤機 / 啤机 (píjī)
• 啤氣 / 啤气
• 啤水

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		啤

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): be¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: be¹
    • Yale: bē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: be¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啤

1. (chiefly Cantonese) Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 啤令
• 啤啤熊
• 啤梨 (pílí)
• 士啤
• 士啤呔
• 士多啤梨 (shìduōpílí)
• 黑啤梨

Etymology 6

simp. and trad.		啤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēi (bei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bei
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bei¹
    • Yale: bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

啤

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) larynx disorder that causes one to be unable to speak loudly
2. alternative form of 諀 (bǐ)

Compounds

• 啤呰

References

• “啤”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• zi.tools

Japanese

Kanji

啤

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひ (hi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi)

Vietnamese

Han character

啤: Hán Nôm readings: bi, bì

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References

• Nom Foundation