啤 (be1 bi1 pe1 | pi2) : beer; weld; stare; baby; pair; poker

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啤

be1 bi1 pe1

pi2

[粵] be1 [國] pi2
[loanword] beer, pear, bearing, etc

[粵] be1 - Cantonese only
[1] [v] weld; solder
[2] [v] stare (aggressively)

[粵] bi1 - Cantonese only
[1] [loanword] baby, etc
[2] [onomatopoeia] police whistle

[粵] pe1 - Cantonese only
[loanword] pair; poker

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

啤

This word has been viewed 10367 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Feb 2014 14:14

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啤酒 be1 zau2 pi2 jiu3 = beer

啤啤熊 be1 be1 hung4 = stuffed toy teddy bear 粵

啤梨 be1 lei4*2 = pear

啤啤 bi1*4 bi1 = baby 粵

啤仔 bi1 zai2 bi1 zai3 = baby boy 粵

飲到啤啤乎 jam2 dou3 be1*4 be1 fu4 yin3 dao4 pi2 pi2 hu1 = be very drunk; hammered 粵

啤啤房 bi1*4 bi1 fong4*2 pi2 pi2 fang2 = baby room 粵

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

汽水啤酒 hei3 seoi2 be1 zau2 qi4 shui3 pi2 jiu3 = soft drinks and beer

啤啤夫 pe1 pe1 fu1 = swaying
See all 30 compounds (CantoDict reports 33 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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