啤

beer

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,439 U+5564

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 卑 (phonetic, bēi)

components: 口卑

beer · Heisig RSH #2953

口 mouth + 卑 lowly

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卑

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卑 (bēi) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
卑 sound component	bēi	humble, low, inferior; to despise
牌	pái	card, game piece; placard, signboard, tablet
碑	bēi	stone tablet; gravestone
鹎	bēi	bulbul, songbird; Pycnonotidae
脾	pí	spleen, pancreas; temper, disposition
俾	bǐ	so that, in order that; to cause
稗	bài	darnels, weeds; small, insignificant
郫	pí	place name
蜱	pí	tick, mite
捭	bǎi	to open up, to spread out
睥	pì	to glare at; to look askance
埤	pí	to add, to increase; to attach; fence, wall
萆	bì	castor oil; the castor-oil plant
陴	pí	parapet; city wall

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
青岛啤酒	Qīng dǎo pí jiǔ	Tsingtao Beer
鲁特啤酒	lǔ tè pí jiǔ	root beer
百威啤酒	Bǎi wēi pí jiǔ	Budweiser beer
生啤酒	shēng pí jiǔ	draft beer; unpasteurized beer
啤酒花	pí jiǔ huā	hops
啤酒节	pí jiǔ jié	Beer Festival
无醇啤酒	wú chún pí jiǔ	low-alcohol beer; non-alcoholic beer (typically, 0.5% ABV or less)
燕京啤酒	Yān jīng pí jiǔ	Yanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
士多啤梨	shì duō pí lí	(HK) (loanword) strawberry
熟啤酒	shú pí jiǔ	pasteurized beer
生啤	shēng pí	draft beer; unpasteurized beer
鲜啤酒	xiān pí jiǔ	draft beer; unpasteurized beer
啤酒厂	pí jiǔ chǎng	brewery
啤酒	pí jiǔ	beer (loanword); CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
啤酒肚	pí jiǔ dù	beer belly
果啤	guǒ pí	fruit beer
精酿啤酒	jīng niàng pí jiǔ	craft beer
扎啤	zhā pí	draft beer
淡啤	dàn pí	light beer
菠萝啤	bō luó pí	pineapple-flavored soda