大麴

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	yeast; alcoholic beverage
trad. (大麴/大麯)		大	麴/麯
simp. (大曲*)		大	曲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàqū, dàqú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄩ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ guk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcyu
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chʻü¹
    • Yale: dà-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchiu
    • Palladius: дацюй (dacjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàqú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàcyú
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chʻü²
    • Yale: dà-chyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahchyu
    • Palladius: дацюй (dacjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ guk¹
    • Yale: daaih gūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ guk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kʊk̚⁵/

Noun

大麴

1. traditional kind of distiller's yeast used in the production of high-end baijiu, which is made from a mixture of barley, wheat, peas, and broad beans
2. liquor made with such yeast, including Maotai, Wuliangye, Jiannanchun and many more