Maotai

Maotai

See also: Máotái

English

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 茅台 (Máotái) Wade-Giles: Mao²-tʻai².

Proper noun

Maotai

1. A town in Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
   • 1935, The China Weekly Review‎, volume 72, OCLC 9189590, page 147:

     MAOTAI CAPTURED BY SZECHUAN FORCES
     The Szechuan pursuit forces, after recapturing Maotai, western Kweichow, crossed the Chihshui Ho (River) and we now reached Tsaochihpa, near the Kweichow-Szechuan border.

   • [2009 June 10, Liu Jie, “Moutai flies high with Camus deal”, in China Daily‎, archived from the original on 22 October 2019:

     The quality of the water and the special climatic conditions of Moutai town are the key to the unique taste of the liquor, Chinese wine experts believe.]

   • 2021 August 26, Cheng, Evelyn; Eustance Huang, “Chinese baijiu liquor stocks tumble amid regulatory concerns”, in CNBC‎, archived from the original on 26 August 2021:

     Signage for China Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co. baijiu liquor lines a road at the company’s facility in the Maotai section of the Renhuai District in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China, on Thursday, April 7, 2011.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Maotai.
2. (informal) Alternative form of Moutai (liquor)

Translations

town

Chinese: Mandarin: 茅臺 (zh), 茅台 (zh) (Máotái) Japanese: please add this translation if you can