baijiu

See also: báijiǔ

English

Alternative forms

baiju

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪd͡ʒuː/

Noun

baijiu (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

shaojiu; samshu, samshoo (obsolete)

Hyponyms

samshu (triple-distilled & rice-based); kaoliang, gaoliang (sorghum-based)

Translations

clear Chinese alcoholic beverage

Chinese:
Mandarin: 白酒 (zh) (báijiǔ); 燒酒／烧酒 (zh) (shāojiǔ)
Min Nan: 江米酒 (kang-bí-chiú)
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Finnish: baijiu (fi), shaojiu
Japanese: 白酒 (ja) (しろざけ, shirozake), パイチュウ (paichū), バイジュウ (baijū)
Korean: 백주(白酒) (baekju)
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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)