soju

See also: sōjū

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Korean 소주 (soju), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 燒酒 (ʃew-t͡sjúw "liquor") (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin shāojiǔ 烧酒, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese shōchū 焼酎), from 燒 ("burn", "flammable") + 酒 ("alcohol").

Noun

soju (uncountable)

1. A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.

Translations

a Korean alcoholic drink

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韓國燒酒／韩国烧酒 (Hánguó shāojiǔ), 韩国烧酒 (Hánguó shāojiǔ)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ソジュ (soju)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 소주 (ko) (soju) (燒酒 (ko))
• Russian: со́джу (ru) n (sódžu)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• shōchū (焼酎)