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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-chiú
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ jiu^ˋ
  - 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/

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	/mˠiɪ^X/	/t͡sɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚi^X/	/t͡siu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/miɪ^X/	/t͡siəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mji^X/	/t͡suw^X/
Li Rong	/mji^X/	/t͡siu^X/
Wang Li	/mi^X/	/t͡sĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi^X/	/t͡si̯ə̯u^X/
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	‹ mij^X ›	‹ tsjuw^X ›
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

good alcohol; fine liquor
- Tang dynasty, 王翰 [Wang Han], 涼州詞 [A Song of Liangzhou]:
  
  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.]
  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)