Word and Radical Components of 啤酒

The Chinese word 啤酒 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
啤酒	píjiǔ	1. n. beer
啤酒		請來兩杯啤酒。 - Two beers, please.

啤酒 ⇨ 啤 + 酒

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
啤	pí	1. beer
		2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to drink beer
		今晚maan5-1 去邊度啤一啤啊aa3？ - Where are we going to drink beer tonight?
		你升職咁開心，點可以唔啤啤佢啊aa3？ - In this happy occasion of your promotion, how could we not drink beer?
		3. pair
		4. Short for 啤牌
		5. playing card
		6. (by extension) card game
		7. 玩啤pe1 - to play cards
		8. to stare; to glare
		9. to weld; to solder; to press a mould or seal an edge with a machine
		10. (chiefly Cantonese) (zh-used2 t)
	bēi	11. Alternative form of 諀
酒	jiǔ	1. alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink
酒		你幹嗎má 不喝點酒？ (Nǐ gànmá bù hē diǎn jiǔ?) - How come you don't wanna have a sip of alcohol?

啤 ⇨ 口 + 卑

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
口	kǒu	1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
		漱漱你的口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
		這話出自你的口，聽來令人奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
		2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
		入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
		出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
		門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
		3. gateway
		張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
		口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
		口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
		4. hole; cut
		口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
		傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
		5. port
		電腦端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
		Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
		6. perimeter
		人口 (rénkǒu) - population
		戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
		7. government organ; department
		三口之家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
		我可以吃一口嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
		8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
		9. Variant of 名
卑	bēi	1. low; inferior
卑		2. humble

酒 ⇨ 氵 + 酉

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
水	shuǐ	1. water
		請給我一杯水，謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please.
		喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water
		冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water
		冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water
		凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C
		熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water
		開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water
		滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C
		水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium
		水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour
		水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature
		雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater
		海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater
		飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water
		礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water
		蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water
		水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice
		水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity
		碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate
		脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration
		水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning
		雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide
		2. liquid; potion; juice
		口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva
		汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat
		羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid
		香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume
		眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop
		3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage)
		要叫什麼水？ (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order?
		欲叫什sím物水？ (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN
		4. (archaic) river
		漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River
		5. body of water
		水路 - shuǐlù - waterway
		三面環水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides
		6. flood
		發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood
		7. additional cost or income
		8. (dialectal) rain
		9. (Cantonese) money
		磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C
		掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C
		10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars
		三嚿水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C
		11. (Cantonese) source of revenue
		12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide
		13. to swim
		水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability
		14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless
		這裡的大學太水了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak.
		15. Short for 划水, gloss=to shirk; to slack off
		16. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行)
		17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
		18. Sui people
		水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)
		19. Variant of 媠
酉	yǒu	1. wine
		2. an alcoholic drink vessel
		3. tenth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
		4. rooster (鷄) of Chinese zodiac
		5. the period from 17:00 to 19:00
		6. (mathematics) unitary
		7. usage. Although it remains associated with alcoholic drink, the character alone is mostly used as the tenth earthly branch in the Chinese cyclical calendar.