Japanese Word Entry

飮み比べ

Simplified Japanese form: 飲み比べ

Kana:のみくらべ
Romaji:nomikurabe
Definitions:
  1. taste testing (drinks), comparing drinks, side-by-side tasting

  2. drinking contest, drinking match

Alternative form:
  • 呑み比べ 【 のみくらべ (nomikurabe) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

drink, swallow, kind of drink
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧㄣˇ (yǐn), ㄧㄣˋ (yìn)
Cantonese: jam2
Japanese: イン (in)、 オン (on) / の.む (nomu)
Korean: 음 (eum)
Vietnamese: ẩm, ấm
Variants
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Semantic variant form:

compare, race, ratio, Philippines, to compare, liken, comparison, than, hexagram ䷇
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄧˇ (bǐ), ㄅㄧˋ (bì), ㄆㄧˊ (pí), ㄆㄧˇ (pǐ)
Cantonese: bei2
Japanese: ヒ (hi) / くら.べる (kuraberu)、 ならぶ (narabu)、 ならべる (naraberu)
Korean: 비 (bi)
Vietnamese: bỉ, bí, bì, tỉ

drink, swallow, absorb
Readings
Mandarin: ㄊㄨㄣ (tūn)
Cantonese: tan1
Japanese: トン (ton)、 ドン (don)、 テン (ten) / の.む (nomu)
Korean: 탄 (tan)
Vietnamese: thôn
Variants
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