Chinese symbol for “beer”
啤酒
pí jiǔ
beer (loanword); measure word: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for beer is 啤酒 (pí jiǔ), defined as: beer (loanword); measure word: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “beer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啤 | pí | beer |
| 麦酒 (麥酒) | mài jiǔ | beer; ale; (archaic) alcoholic drink made from fermented wheat or barley |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 啤酒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啤酒厂 (啤酒廠) | pí jiǔ chǎng | brewery |
| 啤酒节 (啤酒節) | pí jiǔ jié | Beer Festival |
| 啤酒花 | pí jiǔ huā | hops |
| 啤酒肚 | pí jiǔ dù | beer belly |
| 生啤酒 | shēng pí jiǔ | draft beer; unpasteurized beer |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | wine shop; pub (public house) |
| 酒吧 | jiǔ bā | bar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 喝酒 | hē jiǔ | to drink (alcohol) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “beer”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.