# 美酒
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): měijiǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^5$ zau$^2$
* 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: mei$^3$-chiu$^3$
*** Yale: měi-jyǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeijeou
*** Palladius: мэйцзю (mɛjczju)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^5$ zau$^2$
*** Yale: méih jáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^5$ dzau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^5$ zeo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯¹³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-chiú
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˊ$ jiu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^1$ jiu$^3$
*** 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$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi$^X$/ | /t͡si̯ə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mǐ | jiǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^5$ | zau$^2$ |
* 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
    From: Tang dynasty, 王翰 [Wang Han], 涼州詞 [A Song of Liangzhou]
    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)