jiu
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Mandarin 酒 (jiǔ).
Noun[edit]
jiu (uncountable)
- Any Chinese alcoholic beverage
- 2007, February 7, “Harold Mcgee”, in In a Bottle, the Scent of a Mouse[1]:
- I didn’t attempt homebrew versions of Chinese jiu or Japanese sake.
See also[edit]
Jiu (alcohol) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
jiu
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
jiu (Zhuyin ˙ㄐㄧㄡ)
jiu
Usage notes[edit]
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Manx[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
jiu
Derived terms[edit]
- jiuish (emphatic)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish díu, dative singular of día (“day”).
Adverb[edit]
jiu
Noun[edit]
jiu m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Synonyms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
jiu | yiu | n'yiu |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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