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啤

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beer

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HSK 3.0
Level 3
Old HSK
Level 3
Strokes
11
Radical
口 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
啤
Common rank
#2,439
Unicode
U+5564

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Formation & memory

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How 啤 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 卑 sound ( bēi )

Components 口 卑

How to remember it

beer · Heisig RSH #2953

口 mouth + 卑 lowly

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 啤

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
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

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 卑 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
卑 sound part 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