白酒
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous | alcoholic drink | ||
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trad. (白酒) | 白 | 酒 | |
simp. #(白酒) | 白 | 酒 |
Pronunciation
Noun
白酒
- baijiu (distilled liquor)
- 公認口感好的白酒 [MSC, trad.]
- gōngrèn kǒugǎn hǎo de báijiǔ [Pinyin]
- widely enjoyed baijiu
公认口感好的白酒 [MSC, simp.]
- white wine
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) jiuniang
Usage notes
To distinguish baijiu from white wine, white wine can be called 白葡萄酒 (báipútáojiǔ).
Synonyms
- (baijiu):
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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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 |
- (white wine): 白葡萄酒 (báipútáojiǔ)
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 酒釀, 醪糟, 江米酒 | |
Mandarin | Harbin | 江米酒 |
Luoyang | 江米酒 | |
Wanrong | 醪糟坯子 | |
Xi'an | 醪糟, 醪糟兒 | |
Yinchuan | 醪酒 | |
Lanzhou | 醪糟子 | |
Xining | 醪糟兒 | |
Ürümqi | 醪酒 | |
Wuhan | 甜酒, 米酒, 伏汁酒 | |
Chengdu | 醪糟兒, 醪糟浮子, 醪糟水, 醪糟兒浮子, 醪糟兒水 | |
Guiyang | 甜酒 | |
Kunming | 白酒, 甜白酒 | |
Liuzhou | 糯米甜酒, 甜酒 | |
Xuzhou | 米酒, 江米酒, 糯米酒 | |
Yangzhou | 米甜酒 | |
Nanjing | 酒釀, 江米酒 | |
Nantong | 酒釀, 江糟酒 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 酒釀, 糯米甜酒 |
Hong Kong | 糯米酒 | |
Taishan | 酒糟 | |
Dongguan | 糯米酒 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 酒娘子 |
Lichuan | 甲酒 | |
Pingxiang | 糯米酒, 甜酒, 米酒, 醐娘酒 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 酒娘, 甲酒 |
Yudu | 酒娘 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 米酒, 甜酒 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 醪糟 |
Xinzhou | 醪糟兒 | |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 米酒 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 酒釀, 酒飯 |
Zhangzhou | 白酒 | |
Leizhou | 秫米糟, 甜糟 | |
Haikou | 甜糟 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 甜酒 |
Wu | Shanghai | 酒釀, 酒板, 甜酒釀 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 酒釀, 酒板 | |
Shanghai (Songjiang) | 酒釀糟 | |
Suzhou | 酒釀, 冬釀酒, 糯米酒 | |
Wuxi | 老白酒 | |
Changzhou | 白酒 | |
Danyang | 白酒糟 | |
Hangzhou | 甜酒釀, 酒釀 | |
Ningbo | 酒釀, 漿板 | |
Wenzhou | 酒釀, 蜜林檎 | |
Jinhua | 甜酒釀, 酒釀 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 甜酒 |
Loudi | 酒娘 |
Hypernyms
- 酒 (jiǔ)
Hyponyms
- 高粱 (gāoliáng)
Descendants
- → English: baijiu
See also
- 黃酒/黄酒 (huángjiǔ)
- 葡萄酒 (pútáojiǔ)
- 啤酒 (píjiǔ)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 酒 |
しろ Grade: 1 | さけ > ざけ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 酒 (sake, “liquor”). The sake reading for 酒 changes to zake as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞za̠ke̞]
Noun
白酒 • (shirozake)
- a white, unfiltered, sweet, and sometimes thick porridge-like fermented liquor made from rice; traditionally served at 雛祭り (Hina matsuri) and other festivals
- alternate name for 濁酒 (doburoku), 濁り酒 (nigorizake): white unfiltered and sweet sake
Synonyms
- (thick sake served at festivals): 山川酒 (yamagawazake)
- (unfiltered sake): 濁酒 (jokushuku), 濁酒 (dakushu), 濁酒 (doburoku)
- (unfiltered sake): 濁り酒 (nigorizake)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 酒 |
しろ Grade: 1 | き Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 酒 (ki, “liquor”). The ki reading for 酒 is archaic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞kʲi]
Noun
白酒 • (shiroki)
- white fermented liquor made from rice, used as an offering at Shinto rituals
- Fermented from specially selected rice, with half used as shiroki and half mixed with incense ash and used as kuroki (黒酒). Used in particular at the 大嘗祭 (daijōsai) and 新嘗祭 (nīnamesai) rituals held in late November, wherein the emperor would beseech the gods for a good harvest in the year to come.
See also
- 黒酒 (kuroki): black liquor
- 大嘗祭 (daijōsai), 新嘗祭 (nīnamesai): Shinto rituals wherein the emperor prays for a good harvest in the year to come
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 酒 |
しろ Grade: 1 | ささ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 酒 (sasa, “liquor”). The sasa reading for 酒 is a 女房詞 (nyōbō kotoba), a term only used by women.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞sa̠sa̠]
Noun
白酒 • (shirosasa)
- (nyōbō kotoba) Synonym of 白酒 (shirozake)
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 酒 |
はく Grade: 1 | しゅ Grade: 3 |
kan’on | goon |
From Middle Chinese 白酒 (MC bˠæk̚ t͡sɨuX).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝɕɨᵝ]
Noun
白酒 • (hakushu) ←はくしゆ (fakusyu)?
- generic term for nigorizake, doburoku, shirozake
Usage notes
This reading using the on'yomi is considered slightly more formal, rather like how words in English that have Latin or Greek roots are considered slightly more formal than synonyms that have Anglo-Saxon roots.
See also
- 濁り酒 (nigorizake)
- 濁酒 (doburoku)
Etymology 5
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 酒 |
ばい Grade: 1 | ちゅう Grade: 3 |
irregular |
From modern Mandarin 白酒 (báijiǔ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pa̠it͡ɕɨᵝː]
Noun
白酒 • (paichū)
- Chinese distilled liquor
Usage notes
This reading is more often spelled in katakana as パイチュー to differentiate from the default hakushu on'yomi for these characters.