燒酒

燒酒

See also: 烧酒

Chinese

		to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever	alcoholic drink
trad. (燒酒)		燒	酒
simp. (烧酒)		烧	酒

Etymology

"shaojiu"

Recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica [1596].

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shāojiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): sao¹ jiu³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ zau²
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'seu¹ jiu³
• Min Bei (KCR): chiáu-ciǔ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sio-chiú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sio¹ ziu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāojiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaojiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-chiu³
    • Yale: shāu-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaujeou
    • Palladius: шаоцзю (šaoczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sao¹ jiu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: saogiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau⁵⁵ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ zau²
    • Yale: sīu jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'seu¹ jiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsɛu⁴² t͡ɕiu²¹³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiáu-ciǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiau⁵⁴ t͡siu²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio-chiú
    • Tâi-lô: sio-tsiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioiciuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio³³ t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sio¹ ziu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sio tsiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sio³³⁻²³ t͡siu⁵²/

Noun

燒酒

1. a type of alcoholic beverage during the Tang dynasty

   • 荔枝新熟雞冠色，燒酒初開琥珀香。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     荔枝新熟鸡冠色，烧酒初开琥珀香。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th–9th century, Bai Juyi, 荔枝樓對酒

     Lìzhī xīn shú jīguàn sè, shāojiǔ chū kāi hǔpò xiāng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. shaojiu; (East Asian) spirits

   韓國燒酒／韩国烧酒  ―  hánguó shāojiǔ  ―  soju

   • 我吃了一點子螃蟹，覺得心口微微的疼，須得熱熱的吃口燒酒。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我吃了一点子螃蟹，觉得心口微微的疼，须得热热的吃口烧酒。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Wǒ chī le yī diǎnzǐ pángxiè, jiào dé xīnkǒu wēiwēi de téng, xū dé rè rè de chī kǒu shāojiǔ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

3. (Cantonese, Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) any alcoholic beverage

Synonyms

• (shaojiu):

Dialectal synonyms of 白酒 (“baijiu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		白酒, 燒酒
Mandarin	Beijing	白酒, 白乾兒
	Tianjin	白酒
	Chengde	白酒
	Tangshan	白酒, 白乾兒
	Cangzhou	白酒, 白乾兒
	Baoding	白酒, 老白乾兒
	Shijiazhuang	白酒
	Chifeng	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	白酒
	Heihe	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Qiqihar	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Harbin	白酒, 燒酒, 老白乾兒
	Jiamusi	白酒, 燒酒
	Baicheng	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Changchun	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Tonghua	白乾兒, 燒酒
	Shenyang	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Dandong	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Jinzhou	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Dalian	燒酒
	Yantai	燒酒
	Yantai (Muping)	白酒, 燒酒, 白乾兒
	Qingdao	白酒, 燒酒
	Lijin	白酒, 燒酒
	Zhucheng	燒酒
	Jinan	白酒, 辣酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Jining	白酒, 白乾兒
	Wanrong	白酒, 燒酒
	Shangqiu	白酒, 辣酒
	Yuanyang	白酒, 辣酒
	Zhengzhou	辣酒
	Lingbao	白乾兒
	Xinyang	辣酒
	Baihe	白酒, 白乾兒
	Hanzhong	白酒
	Xi'an	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Baoji	白酒, 燒酒, 辣酒
	Yinchuan	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
	Tianshui	燒酒
	Lanzhou	燒酒
	Dunhuang	燒酒
	Xining	燒酒, 白乾兒
	Hami	燒酒
	Ürümqi	燒酒, 白酒
	Wuhan	白酒, 白乾, 燒酒
	Yichang	白酒
	Xiangyang	白酒, 燒酒
	Tianmen	白酒, 辣酒
	Hong'an	白酒, 燒酒
	Chengdu	白酒, 跟頭酒, 燒酒, 白乾兒, 乾酒
	Nanchong	白酒
	Dazhou	白酒, 燒酒
	Hanyuan	燒酒
	Xichang	白酒, 燒酒
	Zigong	白酒
	Chongqing	白酒, 白乾兒, 乾酒, 燒酒
	Guiyang	白酒, 燒酒
	Zunyi	白酒
	Bijie	燒酒
	Zhaotong	白酒
	Dali	白酒
	Kunming	白酒, 燒酒
	Mengzi	白酒
	Guilin	白酒
Liuzhou	白酒, 燒酒
Jishou	白酒, 燒酒
Changde	白酒
Anqing	白酒
Xuzhou	白酒, 白乾兒
Fuyang	白酒, 燒酒
Wuhu	白酒, 燒酒
Yangzhou	白酒, 辣酒, 麻酒, 高粱酒
Lianyungang	白酒, 白乾
Lianshui	辣酒
Nanjing	白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒
Hefei	白酒, 燒酒
Nantong	燒酒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	燒酒, 白酒
	Hong Kong	燒酒, 白酒
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	白酒
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	米酒
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	燒酒
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	燒酒
	Macau	燒酒
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	燒酒
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	燒酒
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	燒酒, 白酒
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	燒酒
	Foshan	燒酒
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	燒酒
	Foshan (Shunde)	燒酒
	Foshan (Sanshui)	燒酒
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	燒酒
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	燒酒
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	燒酒
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	燒酒
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	燒酒
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	燒酒
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	燒酒
	Taishan	燒酒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	燒酒
	Enping (Niujiang)	燒酒
	Heshan (Yayao)	燒酒
	Dongguan	燒酒
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	燒酒
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	白酒, 燒酒
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	燒酒
Gan	Nanchang	燒酒, 高粱酒
	Lichuan	燒酒
	Pingxiang	燒酒, 白酒
Hakka	Meixian	飶酒
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	燒酒
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	燒酒
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	燒酒
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	白酒
	Conghua (Lütian)	燒酒
	Yudu	白酒, 燒酒
	Hong Kong	白酒
	Senai (Huiyang)	燒酒
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	白酒
Huizhou	Jixi	燒酒, 白酒
	Shexian	白酒, 燒酒
Jin	Taiyuan	燒酒
	Yangyuan	白酒, 燒酒
	Datong	燒酒
	Xinzhou	白酒, 燒酒
	Lishi	白酒, 燒酒
	Linfen	白酒, 燒酒
	Changzhi	白酒, 燒酒
	Linhe	白酒, 燒酒, 白乾兒
	Jining	白酒, 燒酒
	Hohhot	白酒, 燒酒
	Erenhot	白酒, 白乾兒, 辣酒
	Pingshan	白酒, 燒酒
	Zhangjiakou	白酒, 燒酒
	Handan	白酒, 老白乾兒, 燒酒
	Linzhou	白酒, 白乾兒, 辣酒, 燒酒
	Suide	燒酒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	燒酒
Min Dong	Fuzhou	燒酒
Min Nan	Xiamen	燒酒
	Quanzhou	燒酒
	Zhangzhou	燒酒
	Chaozhou	白酒
	Shantou	白酒
	Jieyang	白酒, 燒酒
	Bangkok (Teochew)	白酒
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	白酒
	Pontianak (Teochew)	白酒
	Leizhou	燒酒
	Haikou	白酒
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	白酒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	白酒
Wu	Shanghai	白酒, 燒酒
	Shanghai (Chongming)	燒酒
	Suzhou	燒酒
	Danyang	白酒, 燒酒
	Ningbo	燒酒
	Jinhua	燒酒
Xiang	Changsha	白酒
	Loudi	燒酒

• (alcoholic beverage):

Dialectal synonyms of 酒 (“alcoholic beverage; liquor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		酒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		酒
Mandarin	Beijing	酒
	Taiwan	酒
	Tianjin	酒
	Tangshan	酒
	Cangzhou	酒
	Baoding	酒
	Shijiazhuang	酒
	Chifeng	酒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	酒
	Harbin	酒
	Shenyang	酒
	Yantai (Muping)	酒
	Qingdao	酒
	Jinan	酒
	Luoyang	酒
	Wanrong	酒
	Zhengzhou	酒
	Xi'an	酒
	Yinchuan	酒
	Lanzhou	酒
	Xining	酒
	Ürümqi	酒
	Wuhan	酒
	Chengdu	酒, 尼姑尿 derogatory
	Chongqing	酒
	Guiyang	酒
	Kunming	酒
	Guilin	酒
	Liuzhou	酒
	Xuzhou	酒
	Yangzhou	酒, 三六子
	Nanjing	酒, 老酒
	Hefei	酒
	Nantong	酒
	Malaysia	酒
	Singapore	酒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	酒, 燒酒, 傻仔水 humorous
	Hong Kong	酒
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	酒
	Macau	酒
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	酒
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	酒
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	酒
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	酒
	Foshan	酒
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	酒
	Foshan (Shunde)	酒
	Foshan (Sanshui)	酒
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	酒
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	酒
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	酒
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	酒
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	酒
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	酒
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	酒
	Taishan	酒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	酒
	Enping (Niujiang)	酒
	Heshan (Yayao)	酒
	Dongguan	酒
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	酒
	Yangjiang	燒酒, 燒有
	Singapore (Guangfu)	酒
Gan	Nanchang	酒
	Lichuan	酒
	Pingxiang	酒
Hakka	Meixian	酒
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	酒, 傻仔水 humorous
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	酒
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	酒
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	酒
	Conghua (Lütian)	酒
	Yudu	酒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	酒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	酒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	酒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	酒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	酒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	酒
	Kuching (Hepo)	酒
Huizhou	Jixi	酒
	Shexian	酒
Jin	Taiyuan	酒
	Xinzhou	酒, 貓兒尿
	Linhe	酒
	Jining	酒
	Hohhot	酒
	Zhangjiakou	酒
	Handan	酒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	酒
Min Dong	Fuzhou	酒
Min Nan	Xiamen	酒
	Taipei	酒 GT, 燒酒 GT
	Tainan	酒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	酒
	Chaozhou	酒
	Leizhou	酒
	Wenchang	酒
	Haikou	酒
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	酒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	酒, 三酉
Wu	Shanghai	酒, 老酒
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老酒
	Suzhou	酒, 老酒
	Danyang	老酒
	Hangzhou	酒
	Ningbo	老酒
	Wenzhou	酒
	Jinhua	酒, 三點水兒
Xiang	Changsha	酒
	Loudi	酒
	Shuangfeng	酒
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (spirits): 火酒 (huǒjiǔ), 阿剌吉酒

Derived terms

堆花燒酒／堆花烧酒 胡蘿蔔就燒酒／胡萝卜就烧酒

馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (燒酒):

• → Japanese: 焼酎(しょうちゅう) (shōchū)
• → Korean: 소주(燒酒) (soju)

• →? Proto-Turkic: *sǖčig (“sweet”)

Verb

燒酒

1. to make an alcoholic beverage

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
燒	酒
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 3
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 燒酒 – see the following entry.

【焼酎しょうちゅう】 [noun] shochu: [noun] distilled sake. [noun] a Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato, or rice

(This term, 燒酒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
燒	酒

Noun

燒酒 • (soju) (hangeul 소주)

1. Hanja form^? of 소주 (“soju, Korean rice wine”).