baijiu
bai·jiu
байцзю, шаоцзю
A clear Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, generally distilled from sorghum and…A clear Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, generally distilled from sorghum and about 40–60% alcohol by volume.
UK/ˈbaɪ.d͡ʒuː/US/ˈbaɪ.d͡ʒu/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A clear Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, generally distilled from sorghum and about 40–60% alcohol by volume.
байцзю́bajczjú, шаоцзю́šaoczjú
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
clear Chinese alcoholic beverage:
Origin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白酒 (báijiǔ, “white alcohol”), where "white"From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白酒 (báijiǔ, “white alcohol”), where "white" refers to its clearness. Compare huangjiu (“yellow alcohol”).
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