白酒
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
alcoholic drink | ||
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trad. (白酒) | 白 | 酒 | |
simp. #(白酒) | 白 | 酒 | |
2nd round simp. | 白氿 |
Pronunciation
Noun
白酒
Usage notes
To distinguish baijiu from white wine, white wine can be called 白葡萄酒 (báipútáojiǔ).
Synonyms
- (baijiu):
Dialectal synonyms of 白酒 (“baijiu”) [map]
- (white wine): 白葡萄酒 (báipútáojiǔ)
Dialectal synonyms of 酒釀 (“jiuniang”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 酒釀, 醪糟, 江米酒 | |
Mandarin | Harbin | 江米酒 |
Luoyang | 江米酒 | |
Wanrong | 醪糟坯子 | |
Xi'an | 醪糟, 醪糟兒 | |
Yinchuan | 醪酒 | |
Lanzhou | 醪糟子 | |
Xining | 醪糟兒 | |
Ürümqi | 醪酒 | |
Wuhan | 甜酒, 米酒, 伏汁酒 | |
Chengdu | 醪糟兒, 醪糟浮子, 醪糟水, 醪糟兒浮子, 醪糟兒水 | |
Guiyang | 甜酒 | |
Kunming | 白酒, 甜白酒 | |
Liuzhou | 糯米甜酒, 甜酒 | |
Xuzhou | 米酒, 江米酒, 糯米酒 | |
Yangzhou | 米甜酒 | |
Nanjing | 酒釀, 江米酒 | |
Nantong | 酒釀, 江糟酒 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 酒釀, 糯米甜酒 |
Hong Kong | 糯米酒 | |
Taishan | 酒糟 | |
Dongguan | 糯米酒 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 酒娘子 |
Lichuan | 甲酒 | |
Pingxiang | 糯米酒, 甜酒, 米酒, 醐娘酒 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 酒娘, 甲酒 |
Yudu | 酒娘 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 米酒, 甜酒 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 醪糟 |
Xinzhou | 醪糟兒 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 米酒 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 酒釀, 酒飯 |
Zhangzhou | 白酒 | |
Leizhou | 秫米糟, 甜糟 | |
Haikou | 甜糟 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 甜酒 |
Wu | Shanghai | 酒釀, 酒板, 甜酒釀 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 酒釀, 酒板 | |
Shanghai (Songjiang) | 酒釀糟 | |
Suzhou | 酒釀, 冬釀酒, 糯米酒 | |
Wuxi | 老白酒 | |
Changzhou | 白酒 | |
Danyang | 白酒糟 | |
Hangzhou | 甜酒釀, 酒釀 | |
Ningbo | 酒釀, 漿板 | |
Wenzhou | 酒釀, 蜜林檎 | |
Jinhua | 甜酒釀, 酒釀 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 甜酒 |
Loudi | 酒娘 |
Hypernyms
- 酒 (jiǔ)
Hyponyms
- 高粱 (gāoliáng)
Descendants
- → English: baijiu
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 酒 |
しろ Grade: 1 |
さけ > ざけ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 酒 (sake, “liquor”). The sake reading for 酒 changes to zake as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞za̠ke̞]
Noun
白酒 • (shirozake)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 酒 |
しろ Grade: 1 |
き Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 酒 (ki, “liquor”). The ki reading for 酒 is archaic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞kʲi]
See also
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 酒 |
しろ Grade: 1 |
ささ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 酒 (sasa, “liquor”). The sasa reading for 酒 is a 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba), a term only used by women.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞sa̠sa̠]
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 酒 |
はく Grade: 1 |
しゅ Grade: 3 |
kan’on | goon |
From Middle Chinese 白酒 (MC baek tsjuwX).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝɕɨᵝ]
Usage notes
This reading using the on'yomi is considered slightly more formal, rather like how words in English that have Latin or Greek roots are considered slightly more formal than synonyms that have Anglo-Saxon roots.
See also
- 濁り酒 (nigorizake)
- 濁酒 (doburoku)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pa̠it͡ɕɨᵝː]
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