TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
啤
啤 ＝ 口 ＋ 卑
ㄆㄧˊ · pí
noun — beer (in 啤酒)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
卑聲bēi — lends the shape, worn to pílow, humble
{b,p,f}ITbēi → pí — the {b,p,f} crossing, tone shifts too
A foreign word needed Chinese clothes: "beer" was written with a sound-piece, 卑 (bēi), nudged across to pí, and a mouth (口) tacked on to say it goes down the throat. 卑 means low or humble — that meaning is dead weight here; only its sound was hired. 啤 lives almost entirely in 啤酒.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
嘴（口）邊一個卑（卑）——只借它的音，配上一口下肚的酒。
A mouth (口) beside 卑 — its sound borrowed only, for a drink that goes down in one.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(假借)啤酒— beer常用
→生啤、扎啤— draft beer (啤 standing for the drink)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
卑bēithe sound donor, standing alone — low, humble脾＝ 月 ＋ píshares the sound, kept the reading — the spleen