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啤

Mandarin · pinyin pí

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  1. beer
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啤
pí · beer
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2 · pi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

be1 · bi1 · pe1 · pei4

Cantonese word readings for 啤. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

  1. beer (Used in compounds.)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to drink beer

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) pair
  2. (Cantonese) Classifier for pairs of objects.
  3. (Cantonese) short for 啤牌 — playing card (Classifier: 張／张 c; 副 c; 套 c; 疊／叠 c)
  4. short for 啤牌 — (by extension) card game

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Cantonese) to stare; to glare

character · Etymology 4

  1. (Cantonese) to weld; to solder; to press a mould or seal an edge with a machine
  2. (Cantonese) to apply pressure to cause something to flow through

character · Etymology 5

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) Used in transcription.

character · Etymology 6

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, medicine) larynx disorder that causes one to be unable to speak loudly
  2. (Cantonese, alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 諀 (bǐ)

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