• 795th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 210 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)wine (esp. rice wine) • liquor • spirits • alcoholic beverage • CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

下酒 
啤酒 
酒吧 
酒店 

Uncommon

喜酒 
喝酒 
戒酒 
敬酒 
料酒 
清酒 
烟酒 (煙酒)
白酒 
茅台酒 (茅臺酒)
葡萄酒 
解酒 
酒味 
酒家 
酒席 
酒后 (酒後)
酒会 (酒會)
酒杯 
酒楼 (酒樓)
酒水 
酒窝 (酒窩)
酒精 
酒庄 (酒莊)
酒足饭饱 (酒足飯飽)
酒醉 
酒醒 
酒酿 (酒釀)
酒量 
酒驾 (酒駕)
酒鬼 
醉酒 
饮酒 (飲酒)
黄酒 (黃酒)

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  • 1394th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bēi (bei1)cup • classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bēi (bei1)The component is pronounced as '' (bu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for bēi (bei1)The component is pronounced as '' (bu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for bēi (bei1)The component is pronounced as 'bo' (bo5). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

杯子 

Uncommon

世界杯 
干杯 (乾杯)
玻璃杯 
纸杯 (紙杯)
举杯 (舉杯)
茶杯 
贪杯 (貪杯)
酒杯 
马克杯 (馬克杯)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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