mijiu

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 米酒 (mǐjiǔ, “rice alcohol”).

Noun

mijiu (uncountable)

1. A variety of Chinese rice wine, made from fermented glutinous rice and usually about 15–20% alcohol by volume.

Hypernyms

• rice wine

Translations

variety of Chinese rice wine

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 米酒 (zh-min-nan) (bí-chiú), 幌頭仔 / 幌头仔 (zh-min-nan) (hàiⁿ-thâu-á)

  Mandarin: 米酒 (zh) (mǐjiǔ)

• Finnish: kiinalainen riisiviini, riisiviini (fi)
• Japanese: 米酒 (べいしゅ, beishu), ライスワイン (raisuwain)
• Russian: мицзю́ n (miczjú), ри́совая бра́га f (rísovaja brága)

See also

• samshu