啤 (pí): beer

啤 (pí) is a Chinese character meaning “beer.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 卑 (phonetic). It ranks #2665 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 啤 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. beer

Etymology & Origin

啤

pictophoneticmouth

Decomposition: ⿰口卑 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
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8
9
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11

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 啤

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
啤酒nounpí jiǔbeer (loanword)3

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
啤酒节pí jiǔ jiéBeer Festival
啤酒花nounpí jiǔ huāhops
生啤酒nounshēng pí jiǔdraft beer
士多啤梨nounshì duō pí lí(HK) (loanword) strawberry
百威啤酒bǎi wēi pí jiǔBudweiser beer
鲁特啤酒lǔ tè pí jiǔroot beer
青岛啤酒qīng dǎo pí jiǔTsingtao Beer
生啤nounshēng pídraft beer
果啤guǒ pífruit beer
熟啤酒shú pí jiǔpasteurized beer
鲜啤酒xiān pí jiǔdraft beer
啤酒厂nounpí jiǔ chǎngbrewery
无醇啤酒wú chún pí jiǔlow-alcohol beer
燕京啤酒yān jīng pí jiǔYanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)
精酿啤酒nounjīng niàng pí jiǔcraft beer
20
Total compounds
25
As first character
25
As last character
50
As middle character

啤 appears in 20 compound words: 25 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 啤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

酒jiǔ
0.72117,787 co-occurrences
酿niàng
0.543442 co-occurrences
厂chǎng
0.5061,600 co-occurrences
喝hē
0.478417 co-occurrences
梨lí
0.446390 co-occurrences
瓶píng
0.443379 co-occurrences
罐guàn
0.423154 co-occurrences
酵jiào
0.40092 co-occurrences
汁zhī
0.399120 co-occurrences
杯bēi
0.397258 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

士多啤梨shìduōpílíHSK 5+

strawberry

noun

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

夏天喝一杯冰啤酒很解暑。

Xiàtiān hē yī bēi bīng píjiǔ hěn jiě shǔ.

Drinking a cold beer in summer is very refreshing.

東方日報Feb 2026

陈乐怡:华润啤酒预测市盈率处过去5年偏低水平

chén lè yí : huá rùn pí jiǔ yù cè shì yíng lǜ chǔ guò qù 5 nián piān dī shuǐ píng

Chen Leyi: China Resources Beer's forecast price-earnings ratio is at a low level in the past five years

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

美国男喝啤酒一口干杯险送命 送医急救才知竟误吞瓶盖

měi guó nán hē pí jiǔ yī kǒu gān bēi xiǎn sòng mìng sòng yī jí jiù cái zhī jìng wù tūn píng gài

An American man drank beer and toasted to his death, only to be sent to the hospital for first aid only to find out that he had swallowed the bottle cap by mistake

NewsFeb 2026

...喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?哪怕只喝了一小杯啤酒

. . . hē le jiǔ duì bǎo bǎo yǒu méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng ? nǎ pà zhī hē le yī xiǎo bēi pí jiǔ

... Does drinking alcohol affect the baby? Even if it's just a small beer

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

中华队全垒打、全场啤酒免费加满 金色三麦全台21家门市全力应...

zhōng huá duì quán lěi dǎ , quán chǎng pí jiǔ miǎn fèi jiā mǎn jīn sè sān mài quán tái 2 1 jiā mén shì quán lì yīng . . .

The Chinese team's home run and beer are refilled for free, and 21 stores in Taiwan are fully responsive...

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

用餐4人同行1人免費、啤酒買1送1!和逸飯店「棒球應援優惠」來了

yòng cān rén tóng háng rén miǎn 費 pí jiǔ 買 sòng ! hé yì 飯 diàn bàng qiú 應 yuán 優 huì 來 le

Dine with 4, get 1 free! Buy 1 beer, get 1 free! The "Baseball Cheer Promotion" is here at Heyi Hotel!

Tatoeba

你有任何淡啤酒吗?

Nǐ yǒu rènhé dànpí jiǔ ma?

Do you have any light beer?

Tatoeba

炎炎夏日来杯冰凉的啤酒,人生一乐也!

Yányán xiàrì lái bēi bīngliáng de píjiǔ, rénshēng yī lè yě!

There is nothing like cold beer on a hot day.

Tatoeba

来杯冰啤酒就太棒了!

Lái bēi bīng píjiǔ jiù tài bàng le!

A cold beer would hit the spot!

Tatoeba

啤酒瓶是玻璃做的。

Píjiǔ píng shì bōli zuò de.

Beer bottles are made of glass.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 口 (mouth) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced pí

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 啤 (pí) mean in Chinese?
啤 (pí) primarily means "beer." It is classified as HSK Level 3, making it a beginner-level character. It ranks #2665 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 啤 and 牌?
啤 (pí) and 牌 (pái) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 口 vs 片 (same 卑 component).
How many strokes does 啤 have?
啤 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 啤?
The radical associated with 啤 is 口 (mouth). This radical appears in many characters related to mouth.
What are the components of 啤?
啤 is composed of: 口 (semantic), 卑 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰口卑 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 啤?
Common words with 啤 include: 啤酒 (pí jiǔ, "beer (loanword)"); 啤酒节 (pí jiǔ jié, "Beer Festival"); 啤酒花 (pí jiǔ huā, "hops"); 生啤酒 (shēng pí jiǔ, "draft beer"); 士多啤梨 (shì duō pí lí, "(HK) (loanword) strawberry"). There are over 20 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 啤 (pí)?
Several characters share the pronunciation pí: 脾 (spleen), 皮 (leather), 批 (to ascertain), 疲 (tired), and 4 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 啤 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 啤 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.