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美酒

美酒

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	wine; liquor; spirits
simp. and trad. (美酒)		美	酒

Noun

美酒

good liquor; fine wine

Synonyms

好酒 (hǎojiǔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): měijiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ zau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-chiú
Min Nan (POJ): bí-chiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: měijiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeijeou
  - IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ zau²
  - Yale: méih jáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ dzau²
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-chiú
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi´ jiu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ jiu³
  - IPA: /mi²⁴ t͡ɕi̯u³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-chiú
  - Tâi-lô: bí-tsiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: byciuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiu⁴¹/