啤酒

Chinese

		beer	alcoholic drink
simp. and trad. (啤酒)		啤	酒
alt. forms		皮酒 obsolete

From 啤 (pí, transliteration of English beer or German Bier) + 酒 (jiǔ, “alcohol”).

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: píjiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyijeou
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    啤酒
    皮酒
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: пиҗю (I-II)
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiː²⁴ t͡ɕiou⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: be¹ zau²
  - Yale: bē jáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: be¹ dzau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bé¹ zeo²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɛː⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: pie² diu²
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiɛ⁵⁵ tiu⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: pi¹ jiou²
  - IPA (old-style): /pʰxi¹¹ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bì-ciū
  - IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-chiú
  - Tâi-lô: pî-tsiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piciuo
  - IPA (Kinmen): /pi²⁴⁻¹² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: bi jieu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /b̻i²² t͡ɕiɜ⁴⁴/

啤酒

Dialectal synonyms of 啤酒 (“beer”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		啤酒
Mandarin	Beijing	啤酒
	Taiwan	啤酒
	Harbin	啤的、畢威 dated、畢露 dated
	Jinan	啤酒
	Muping	啤酒
	Yinchuan	啤酒
	Yangzhou	啤酒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啤酒
	Hong Kong	啤酒、鬼佬涼茶、番鬼佬涼茶
	Dongguan	啤酒
	Taishan	啤酒
Hakka	Yudu	啤酒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	麥酒、啤露
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	麥酒、啤露
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	麥酒、啤露
	Dongshi (Dabu)	麥酒、啤露
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	麥酒、啤露
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	麥子酒、啤露
Jin	Taiyuan	啤酒
Min Dong	Fuzhou	啤酒
Min Nan	Xiamen	啤酒、米仔酒、啤仔酒、麥仔酒
	Quanzhou	啤酒
	Zhangzhou	啤酒
	Taipei	bì-lù、麥仔酒
	Kaohsiung	bì-lù、麥仔酒
	Tainan	bì-lù、麥仔酒
	Taichung	麥仔酒、bì-lù
	Hsinchu	麥仔酒、bì-lù
	Lukang	bì-lù、麥仔酒
	Sanxia	bì-lù、麥仔酒
	Yilan	bì-lù、麥仔酒
	Kinmen	麥仔酒、啤酒
	Magong	麥仔酒、bì-lù
	Chaozhou	麥酒
Wu	Shanghai	啤酒