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啤

pí

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

What 啤 means

1. beer

Example sentences

• 少喝点啤酒!
  Go easy on the beer!
• 啤酒没气了。
  The beer is stale.
• 你喝啤酒吗？
  Do you drink beer?
• 谁在喝啤酒？
  Who's drinking beer?
• 这啤酒好啊。
  The beer is good.
• 啤酒论品脱卖。
  Píjiǔ lùn pǐntuō mài.
  Beer is sold by the pint.

Words starting with 啤

• 啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword)
• 啤酒厂pí jiǔ chǎngbrewery
• 啤酒节pí jiǔ jiéBeer Festival
• 啤酒花pí jiǔ huāhops
• 啤酒肚pí jiǔ dùbeer belly

Words containing 啤

• 扎啤zhā pídraft beer
• 果啤guǒ pífruit beer
• 淡啤dàn pílight beer
• 生啤shēng pídraft beer; unpasteurized beer
• 熟啤酒shú pí jiǔpasteurized beer
• 生啤酒shēng pí jiǔdraft beer; unpasteurized beer
• 鲜啤酒xiān pí jiǔdraft beer; unpasteurized beer
• 青岛啤酒Qīng dǎo pí jiǔTsingtao Beer
• 鲁特啤酒lǔ tè pí jiǔroot beer
• 无醇啤酒wú chún pí jiǔlow-alcohol beer; non-alcoholic beer (typically, 0.5% ABV or less)
• 精酿啤酒jīng niàng pí jiǔcraft beer
• 燕京啤酒Yān jīng pí jiǔYanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
• 士多啤梨shì duō pí lí(Hong Kong; loanword) strawberry
• 菠萝啤bō luó pípineapple-flavored soda
• 百威啤酒Bǎi wēi pí jiǔBudweiser beer

Characters built on 卑

These share the phonetic component 卑 (bēi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 脾píspleen
• 俾bǐto cause; to enable; phonetic bi
• 裨bìto benefit; to aid; advantageous
• 婢bìslave girl; maid servant
• 蜱pítick (zoology)
• 睥pìused in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì
• 陴píparapet
• 郫píplace name

Characters that look like 啤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 牌páisignboard; plaque; plate; tablet; brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card
• 哼hēngto groan; to snort; to hum
• 缉jīto seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 俾bǐto cause; to enable; phonetic bi
• 琛chēnprecious stone; gem
• 悸jìto palpitate

Sounds the same

Read pí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 皮skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 脾spleen
• 疲weary
• 毗to adjoin; to border on
• 陂used in 黄陂
• 铍beryllium (chemistry)
• 蜱tick (zoology)
• 陴parapet
• 芘Malva sylvestris
• 郫place name
• 枇used in 枇杷
• 狓used in 㺢㹢狓

Where 啤 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 34 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.