Chinese

Japanese

Etymology 1

ビール from Dutch bier. The kanji, literally meaning "barley wine", were applied from the Edo period.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) ビ​ール [bíꜜìrù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [biːɾ̠ɯᵝ]

Noun

麦酒 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 麥酒, katakana ビール, romaji bīru)

1. beer

Usage notes

• Usually written in katakana as ビール ‎(bīru). The kanji spelling may be found in certain contexts such as beer labels.

See also

• アルコール ‎(arukōru, “alcohol”)
• 酒 (さけ) ‎(sake, “sake”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ば​くしゅ [báꜜkùshù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯᵝɕɯᵝ]

Noun

麦酒 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 麥酒, hiragana ばくしゅ, romaji bakushu)

1. beer

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9