美酒

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	alcoholic drink
trad. (美酒)		美	酒
simp. #(美酒)		美	酒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měijiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ zau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-chiú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-chiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měijiǔ [Phonetic: méijiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měijiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-chiu³
    • Yale: měi-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeijeou
    • Palladius: мэйцзю (mɛjczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ zau²
    • Yale: méih jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-chiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ jiu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ jiu³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ t͡si̯u³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-chiú
    • Tâi-lô: bí-tsiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: byciuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mijX tsjuwX

Rime
Character	美	酒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無鄙切	子酉切
Baxter	mijX	tsjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiɪX/	/t͡sɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiX/	/t͡siuX/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪX/	/t͡siəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiX/	/t͡suwX/
Li Rong	/mjiX/	/t͡siuX/
Wang Li	/miX/	/t͡sĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/miX/	/t͡si̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ	jiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5	zau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]rəjʔ  tsuʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mriʔ  ʔsluʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	美	酒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	měi	jiǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ mijX ›	‹ tsjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]rəjʔ/	/*tsuʔ/
English	beautiful	wine
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	美	酒
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8951	15554
Phonetic component	美	酉
Rime group	脂	幽
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	美	酒
Old Chinese	/*mriʔ/	/*ʔsluʔ/
Notes	甲文象大人首插翎羽表美觀， 取陳獨秀說

Noun

美酒

1. good alcohol; fine liquor

   • 葡萄美酒夜光杯，欲飲琵琶馬上催。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     葡萄美酒夜光杯，欲饮琵琶马上催。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 王翰 [Wang Han], 涼州詞 [A Song of Liangzhou]

     Pútáo měijiǔ yèguāngbēi, yù yǐn pípá mǎshàng cuī. [Pinyin]

     In the luminous goblets is fine grape wine; when they wanted to drink, the pipa urges them [to war] from the horsebacks.

Synonyms

• 好酒
• 玉液 (yùyè) (figurative)