sikhye

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 식혜(食醯) (sikhye).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːk.jeɪ/, enPR: shēkʹyā
• Hyphenation: sik‧hye

Noun

sikhye (uncountable)

1. A sweet beverage made with barley and rice, and sometimes with pine nuts.
   • 2011 December 2, Karla Cook, “Korean Barbecue in a Smoke-Filled Room”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     At dessert time, we skipped the red bean and green tea ice creams, ordering instead a sweet drink, sikhye, made with malt flour, rice and sugar.

Translations

sweet beverage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食醯 (zh) (shíxī)

• Korean: 식혜 (ko) (sikhye)