啤酒
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 3
啤酒 (píjiǔ) · beer
啤酒 (píjiǔ) means “beer”. It is written with 2 characters: 啤 (beer) + 酒 (alcohol). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 啤酒 is built
The characters
啤 pí · beer
What 啤 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 卑bēi — humble
- 白bái — white
- 日rì — sun; day
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 白bái — white
Origin hint: 口 gives the meaning, 卑 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
酒 jiǔ · alcohol
What 酒 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 酉yǒu — wine
- 兀wù — weak
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 兀wù — weak
Origin hint: A jar 酉 of wine 氵; 酉 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
爸爸喜欢喝啤酒。Bàba xǐhuan hē píjiǔ.Dad likes drinking beer.
再来两瓶啤酒，好吗？Zài lái liǎng píng píjiǔ, hǎo ma?Two more bottles of beer, okay?
Questions about 啤酒
What does 啤酒 mean?
啤酒 (píjiǔ) means “beer”.
How do you pronounce 啤酒?
啤酒 is pronounced píjiǔ.
Which HSK level is 啤酒?
啤酒 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 酒店jiǔdiànhotel
- 红酒hóngjiǔred wine
- 酒吧jiǔbābar
- 酒精jiǔjīngalcohol (ethanol)
- 酗酒xùjiǔto drink heavily
- 白酒báijiǔChinese white liquor
- 葡萄酒pútaojiǔwine
- 酒jiǔalcohol
Learn 啤酒 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.