sweet fermented rice

English

Noun

sweet fermented rice (uncountable)

1. A traditional food of China, used as a dish itself, or components of other dishes, and a folk remedy; composed of glutinous rice that has been lightly fermented with distillers yeast (酒麴/酒曲／酒曲/酒曲), resulting in a slightly alcoholic product. In some regions of China, it is a breakfast food, or desert, or serves as a base for a soup, porridge, pudding; or as an ingredient.

   Synonyms: jiuniang, Chinese fermented sweet rice, Chinese sweet fermented rice, Chinese fermented rice

2. A traditional desert of Thailand, composed of a lightly fermented glutinous rice.

   Synonyms: pang khao mahk, khao mahk, Thai fermented sweet rice, Thai sweet fermented rice, Thai fermented rice

3. A traditional pudding of Vietnam, composed of a lightly fermented glutinous rice

   Synonyms: com ruou, Vietnamese fermented glutinous rice, Vietnamese fermented sticky rice, Vietnamese fermented sweet rice

Synonyms

• fermented glutinous rice
• fermented rice
• fermented sticky rice
• fermented sweet rice
• sticky rice wine
• sweet rice wine

 

Hypernyms

• fermented rice
• rice
• rice wine

 

Translations

Chinese food

• Chinese: 甜米酒 (sweet rice wine), 糯米酒 (zh) (glutinous rice wine), 酒酿 (zh) (jiǔniàng)/酒釀／酒酿 (zh) (jiǔniàng) (fermented rice), 醪糟 (zh) (láozāo) (mash), 米酒 (zh) (mǐjiǔ) (rice wine), 甜酒 (zh) (tiánjiǔ) (sweet wine), 酒糟 (zh) (jiǔzāo) (lees, distillers' grains), 江米酒 (zh) (jiāngmǐjiǔ) (Jiang rice wine), 甜白酒 (tiánbáijiǔ) (sweet white wine)

Thai food

Vietnamese food

• Vietnamese: cơm rượu (vi) (rice wine)

Further reading

• (Chinese food): Jiuniang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia