baijiu

See also: báijiǔ

English

Alternative forms

• baiju

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白酒 (báijiǔ, “white alcohol”), where "white" refers to its clearness. Compare huangjiu (“yellow alcohol”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.d͡ʒuː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.d͡ʒu/
• Rhymes: -aɪdʒuː
• Hyphenation: bai‧jiu

Noun

baijiu (uncountable)

1. A clear Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, generally distilled from sorghum and about 40–60% alcohol by volume.

   Synonyms: shaojiu, (inexact) samshu

Hyponyms

• gaoliang (sorghum-based)
• kaoliang
• samshu (triple-distilled and rice-based)

 

Translations

clear Chinese alcoholic beverage

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 江米酒 (kang-bí-chiú)

  Mandarin: 白酒 (zh) (báijiǔ); 燒酒／烧酒 (zh) (shāojiǔ)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: baijiu (fi), shaojiu
• Japanese: 白酒 (ja) (shirozake), パイチュウ (paichū), バイジュウ (baijū)
• Korean: 백주(白酒) (ko) (baekju)
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: байцзю́ (ru) n (bajczjú), шаоцзю́ n (šaoczjú)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: ئاق ھاراق (aq haraq)

See also

• mijiu
• rice wine
• soju