baijiu

See also: báijiǔ

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 白酒 (báijiǔ) (lit. "white [clear] liquor")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪd͡ʒuː/

Noun

baijiu (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• shaojiu

Translations

clear Chinese alcoholic beverage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白酒 (zh) (báijiǔ)

  Min Nan: 江米酒 (kang-bí-chiú)

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

See also

• kaoliang
• mijiu
• rice wine
• soju