麦酒

See also: 麥酒

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 麦酒 – see 麥酒 (“ale; beer; wine from grain”).
(This term, 麦酒, is the simplified form of 麥酒.)
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
麦 酒
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
Irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 麥酒 (literally “wheat liquor”), and were applied from the Edo period

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) ビ​ール [bíꜜìrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
    • IPA(key): [bʲiːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

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

  1. Rare spelling of ビール (“beer”). (alcoholic drink made of malt)
Usage notes
  • The kanji spelling may be found in certain contexts such as beer labels.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
麦 酒
ばく
Grade: 2		 しゅ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Chinese 麥酒 (literally “wheat liquor”)

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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