{"id":14358,"date":"2018-04-30T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14358"},"modified":"2018-04-30T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T15:10:10","slug":"how-to-order-a-beer-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/how-to-order-a-beer-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Order a Beer in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

People have been drinking beer<\/strong>\u00a0(\u5564\u9152 \u2013 p\u00ed ji\u01d4) for thousands of years in China. As a matter of fact, recent archaeological discoveries show that villagers in China were making a beer-like beverage as far back as 7,000 BC! Beer comes second only to tea<\/a> in China when it comes to beverage consumption. China also surpassed the US as the biggest market for beer with an estimated value of $80 billion. So you want to order a cold one in China, but not sure how to do it? We’ll teach you how to order a beer in Chinese in this post and go into a bit more detail about the beer scene there.<\/p>\n

Beer in China<\/h2>\n
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Beer is huge in China. In local noodle restaurants around lunch-time, you\u2019ll see Chinese guys casually throwing back a few bottles while munching and chatting. In the evening, street food stalls serve up BBQ and snacks such as peanuts and green beens, while the sounds of bottles clinking echo throughout the crowd of people sitting on tiny stools. Beer is everywhere you look, and with large bottles costing a mere 3-4 RMB, it\u2019s certainly a budget friendly choice. Here are some of the most common brands of beer:<\/p>\n