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

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

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

Derived terms

• 雞尾酒會 / 鸡尾酒会 (jīwěijiǔhuì)

 

Descendants

• → Zhuang: gihveijciuj