酒麴

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	yeast; alcoholic beverage
trad. (酒麴/酒麯)		酒	麴/麯
simp. (酒曲)		酒	曲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔqū, jiǔqú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩ, ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² kuk¹
• Northern Min (KCR): chiǔ-gṳ̌
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-khak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒucyu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-chʻü¹
    • Yale: jyǒu-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouchiu
    • Palladius: цзюцюй (czjucjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔqú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒucyú
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-chʻü²
    • Yale: jyǒu-chyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouchyu
    • Palladius: цзюцюй (czjucjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² kuk¹
    • Yale: jáu kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² kug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiǔ-gṳ̌
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu²¹ ky²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-khak
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-khak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'qag
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰak̚³²/

Noun

酒麴

1. distiller's yeast; brewer's yeast; yeast for making alcoholic beverages

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 酒麴 (“distiller's yeast”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		麴, 酒母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		酒麴, 酒藥
Mandarin	Taiwan	酒麴
	Liuzhou	酒藥, 酒餅
	Xuzhou	麴
	Yangzhou	麴種
Cantonese	Guangzhou	酒餅
Hakka	Meixian	酒餅仔, 酒餅
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	酒餅
	Yudu	酒餅
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	糟嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	糟嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	糟嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	糟嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	糟嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	糟嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	酒麴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	酒麴, 麴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	酒酵
Southern Min	Xiamen	酒麴, 酒母
	Shantou	酒餅
	Leizhou	糟餅
	Haikou	酒餅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	酒餅
Wu	Shanghai	酒藥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	酒藥
Xiang	Changsha	酒藥子
	Loudi	藥子