kaoliang

kaoliang

See also: kǎoliáng

English

Alternative forms

• gaoliang

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the former pronunciation of Mandarin 高粱 (gāoliáng).

Noun

kaoliang (countable and uncountable, plural kaoliangs)

1. A sorghum-based variety of baijiu.
2. Any of various Chinese varieties of sorghum.

Hypernyms

• (liquor): baijiu

Related terms

• kaolin

Translations

liquor

Chinese: Cantonese: 高粱 (go1 leong4), 高粱酒 (go1 leong4 zau2) Mandarin: 高粱 (zh) (gāoliáng), 高粱酒 (gāoliángjiǔ) Min Nan: 高粱 (ko-liông), 高粱酒 (zh-min-nan) (kau-liâng-chiú) Finnish: kaoliang French: kaoliang (fr) m Japanese: 高粱酒 (こうりゃんしゅ, kōryanshu, こうりょうしゅ, kōryōshu) Korean: 고량주(高粱酒) (ko) (goryangju) Russian: гаоля́новая во́дка f (gaoljánovaja vódka) Thai: เกาเหลียง (th)

Chinese sorghum

Chinese: Cantonese: 高粱 (gou1 loeng4), 高粱粟 (gou1 loeng4 suk1) Mandarin: 高粱 (zh) (gāoliáng) Kazakh: гаулияң (gauliäñ) Russian: гаоля́н (ru) m (gaolján) Thai: เกาเหลียง (th)

See also

• baijiu
• mijiu

Anagrams

• Kalinago

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French

Noun

kaoliang m (plural kaoliangs)

1. kaoliang