Moutai

English

Alternative forms

• Maotai

Etymology

From Mou-tai, a former romanization of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 茅台酒 (Máotáijiǔ)

Proper noun

Moutai

1. A brand of Chinese baijiu produced in the town of Maotai in the province of Guizhou.

Usage notes

"Moutai" is the legal English brand name of the liquor in question, although it is increasingly referred to as "Maotai" from the standard Hanyu Pinyin transcription of the name.

Translations

kind of Chinese liquor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茅台酒 (zh) (Máotáijiǔ)

• French: maotai m, maotaijiu m
• German: Maotai m
• Japanese: 茅台酒 (ja) (maotai-shu)
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• Korean: 마오타이주 (maotai ju) (茅台酒)
• Russian: маота́й m (maotáj)
• Uyghur: ماۋتەي ھارىقى (mawtey hariqi)
• Vietnamese: rượu Mao Đài