御酒

Chinese

		defend; imperial; to drive	alcoholic drink
trad. (御酒)		御	酒
simp. #(御酒)		御	酒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ zau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chiu³
    • Yale: yù-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhjeou
    • Palladius: юйцзю (jujczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶ zau²
    • Yale: yuh jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² t͡sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

御酒

1. imperial wine; sacred wine

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
御	酒
お Grade: S	さけ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 御酒 – see the following entry.

【お酒さけ】 [noun] (polite) alcohol, sake

(This term, 御酒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
御	酒
み Grade: S	き Grade: 3
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 御酒 – see the following entry.

【神酒みき】 [noun] sacramental sake used in a Shinto ceremony [noun] ambrosia, nectar 【神酒みわ】 [noun] (obsolete) sacramental sake used in a Shinto ceremony [noun] (obsolete) ambrosia, nectar

(This term, 御酒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *mi-ki.

Compound of 神 (mi, honorific prefix used in spiritual contexts) +‎ 酒 (ki, “wine, liquor, alcohol”, ancient root, not found in many words).

Noun

御酒 (mi₁ki₁) (kana みき)

1. wine
   • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 18:

     許能美岐波和賀美岐那良受久志能加美登許余迩伊麻須伊波多多須須久那美迦微能加牟菩岐本岐玖流本斯登余本岐本岐母登本斯麻都理許斯美岐叙阿佐受袁勢佐佐

     ko₂ no₂ mi₁ki₁ pa wa ga mi₁ki₁ narazu kusi no₂ kami₁ to₂ko₂yo ni imasu ipatatasu sukunami₁kami₂ no kamupo₁ki po₁ki₁kurupo₁si toyopo₁ki₁ po₁kimo₂to₂po₁si maturiko₂si mi₁ki₁ zo asazu wose sasa

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   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 19, poem 4262:

     韓國爾由伎多良波之氐可敝里許牟麻須良多家乎爾美伎多弖麻都流

     KARAKUNI ni yuki₁tarapasite kape₁riko₂mu masuratake₁wo ni mi₁ki₁ tatematuru

     The brave little man has served that sacred wine and he hath gone back to the land of Korea.