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啤酒节 (pí jiǔ jiē) — Beer Festival

Definition

noun
Beer Festival

Examples

  • 啤酒节。
    Měi nián xià tiān zhè lǐ dōu huì jǔ bàn pí jiǔ jiē.
    Every summer, a beer festival is held here.
  • 啤酒节。
    pí jiǔ jiē Shàng yǒu hěn duō zhǒng pí jiǔ kě yǐ pǐn cháng.
    At the beer festival, there are many kinds of beer to taste.
  • 啤酒节。
    Wǒ hé péng you yì qǐ qù le qù nián de pí jiǔ jiē.
    My friend and I went to last year's beer festival together.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

啤酒
啤píbeer酒jiǔalcohol
偏正Modifier + head
节jiéfestival

啤酒 (beer) and 节 (festival) together name a festival celebrating beer.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth (phonetic)
Sound part声符shēngfú
卑
卑bēi啤
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

啤 combines 口 (mouth) with 卑, which gives the sound bēi.

Open 啤 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
酉
酉yǒu酒jiǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

酒 pairs 酉, the original picture for this word, with 水 (water), added later to distinguish it.

Open 酒 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
即
即jí節jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →
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Alcohol & TobaccoFestivals & Holidays

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