Maotai

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Etymology

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From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 茅台 (Máotái) Wade-Giles: Mao²-tʻai², reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.

Proper noun

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Maotai

  1. A town in Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
    • 1935, The China Weekly Review[1], volume 72, →OCLC, page 147:
      MAOTAI CAPTURED BY SZECHUAN FORCES
      The Szechuan pursuit forces, after recapturing Maotai, western Kweichow, crossed the Chihshui Ho (River) and we now reached Tsaochihpa, near the Kweichow-Szechuan border.
    • 2011 February 13, Andrew Jacobs, “Fake Liquors Flow as Demand Soars for China’s Fabled Sorghum Spirit”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on November 10, 2013, Asia Pacific‎[3]:
      Here in Maotai, where the pungent odor of fermenting sorghum is overpowering and almost everyone works for the distillery, spiking prices have become a point of pride.
    • 2021 August 26, Evelyn Cheng, Eustance Huang, “Chinese baijiu liquor stocks tumble amid regulatory concerns”, in CNBC[4], archived from the original on 26 August 2021:
      Signage for China Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co. baijiu liquor lines a road at the company’s facility in the Maotai section of the Renhuai District in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China, on Thursday, April 7, 2011.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Maotai.
  2. (informal) Alternative form of Moutai (liquor)

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