啤 (be1 bi1 pe1 | pi2) : transliteration (beer, baby)

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啤

be1 bi1 pe1

pi2

used in transliteration (beer, pear, baby)

Stroke count: 11

Level: 4

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

啤

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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啤酒 be1 zau2 pi2 jiu3 = beer

啤梨 be1 lei4*2 = pear

啤啤 bi1*4 bi1 = baby 粵

士多啤梨 si6 do1 be1 lei4*2 = strawberry 粵

汽水啤酒 hei3 seoi2 be1 zau2 = soft drinks and beer

啤啤夫 pe1 pe1 fu1 = swaying

啤啤貢 be1 be1 gung3 = staring

啤機 be1 gei1 = a press (machine used in manufacturing, such as a punch press, etc.)

熱啤 jit6 be1 = urine (lit., "hot beer")

士啤 si6 be1 = [n] a spare (loanword) 粵
See all 25 compounds (CantoDict reports 30 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 啤
Unicode code for this character: U+5564 (off-site link)

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