麦酒

See also: 麥酒

Chinese

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
麦	酒
ビール
Grade: 2	Grade: 3
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

From Dutch bier. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 麥酒／麦酒 (màijiǔ, literally “barley liquor”), and were applied from the Edo period.

First cited to a text from 1724.^[1]

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 麦酒 – see the following entry.

【ビール】 [noun] [from 1724] beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)

(This term, 麦酒, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
麦	酒
ばく Grade: 2	しゅ Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

From Chinese 麥酒／麦酒 (màijiǔ, literally “barley liquor”).

First cited to 1826.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばくしゅ [báꜜkùshù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟̊ɕɨ]

Noun

麦(ばく)酒(しゅ) • (bakushu) 

1. [from 1826] beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)
2. [from 1867] any other alcoholic drink brewed mainly from barley or wheat

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
麦	酒
むぎ Grade: 2	さけ > ざけ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 麦 (mugi, “barley, wheat, oat”) +‎ 酒 (sake, “sake, grain wine”).^[1] The sake changes to zake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to the early 1500s.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɡʲiza̠ke̞]

Noun

麦(むぎ)酒(ざけ) • (mugizake) 

1. [1500s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) sake made from, or mainly from, wheat, barley, or oat

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN