baijiu

See also: báijiǔ

English

Alternative forms

• baiju

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白酒 (báijiǔ, “white alcohol”), where "white" refers to its clearness. Compare huangjiu ("yellow alcohol").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪd͡ʒuː/

Noun

baijiu (uncountable)

1. A clear Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, generally distilled from sorghum and about 40-60% alcohol by volume.

Synonyms

• shaojiu; samshu, samshoo (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• samshu (triple-distilled & rice-based); kaoliang, gaoliang (sorghum-based)

Translations

clear Chinese alcoholic beverage

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 江米酒 (kang-bí-chiú)

  Mandarin: 白酒 (zh) (báijiǔ); 燒酒／烧酒 (zh) (shāojiǔ)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: baijiu (fi), shaojiu
• Japanese: 白酒 (ja) (しろざけ, shirozake), パイチュウ (paichū), バイジュウ (baijū)
• Korean: 백주(白酒) (ko) (baekju)
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: байцзю́ (ru) n (bajczjú), шаоцзю́ n (šaoczjú)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: ئاق ھاراق (aq haraq)

See also

• mijiu
• rice wine
• soju