雞尾酒

See also: 鸡尾酒

Chinese

		cocktail	alcoholic drink
trad. (雞尾酒/鷄尾酒)		雞尾/鷄尾	酒
simp. (鸡尾酒)		鸡尾	酒

Etymology

Calque of English cocktail + 酒 (jiǔ, “alcohol”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīwěijiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ mei⁵ zau²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koe-bé-chiú / ke-bóe-chiú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): goi¹ bhuê² ziu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīwěijiǔ [Phonetic: jīwéijiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiwěijiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-wei³-chiu³
    • Yale: jī-wěi-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiwoeijeou
    • Palladius: цзивэйцзю (czivɛjczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ mei⁵ zau²
    • Yale: gāi méih jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ mei⁵ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ méi⁵ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-bé-chiú
    • Tâi-lô: kue-bé-tsiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koe'befciuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-bóe-chiú
    • Tâi-lô: ke-bué-tsiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ke'boefciuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ bue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: goi¹ bhuê² ziu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: koi bué tsiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi³³⁻²³ bue⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡siu⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

雞尾酒

1. cocktail (mixed alcoholic beverage)

   調製雞尾酒／调制鸡尾酒  ―  tiáozhì jīwěijiǔ  ―  to make a cocktail

2. (in general) cocktail (mixture of substances or things)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		雞尾酒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	雞尾酒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	谷爹
	Hong Kong	雞尾酒
Southern Min	Xiamen	雞尾酒

Dialectal synonyms of 雞尾酒 (“cocktail (beverage)”) [map]

Derived terms

• 雞尾酒會／鸡尾酒会 (jīwěijiǔhuì)

 

Descendants

• → Zhuang: gihveijciuj