kaoliang

See also: kǎoliáng

English

Alternative forms

• gaoliang, koaliang, kowliang

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the former pronunciation of Mandarin 高粱 (gāoliáng).

Noun

kaoliang (countable and uncountable, plural kaoliangs)

1. A sorghum-based variety of baijiu.
2. Any of various Chinese varieties of sorghum.

Hypernyms

• (liquor): baijiu

Related terms

• kaolin

Translations

liquor

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 高粱 (go¹ loeng⁴), 高粱酒 (go¹ loeng⁴ zau²)

  Hokkien: 高粱 (ko-liông), 高粱酒 (zh-min-nan) (kau-liâng-chiú)

  Mandarin: 高粱 (zh) (gāoliáng), 高粱酒 (gāoliángjiǔ)

• Finnish: kaoliang
• French: kaoliang (fr) m
• Japanese: 高粱酒 (こうりゃんしゅ, kōryanshu, こうりょうしゅ, kōryōshu)
• Korean: 고량주(高粱酒) (ko) (goryangju)
• Russian: гаоля́новая во́дка f (gaoljánovaja vódka)
• Thai: เกาเหลียง (th)

Chinese sorghum

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 高粱 (gou¹ loeng⁴), 高粱粟 (gou¹ loeng⁴ suk¹)

  Mandarin: 高粱 (zh) (gāoliáng)

• Kazakh: гаулияң (gauliäñ)
• Russian: гаоля́н (ru) m (gaolján)
• Thai: เกาเหลียง (th)

See also

• baijiu
• mijiu

Anagrams

• Kalinago

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

kaoliang m (plural kaoliangs)

1. kaoliang