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kaoliang

kaoliang

See also: kǎoliáng

English

Alternative forms

gaoliang

Noun

kaoliang ‎(countable and uncountable, plural kaoliangs)

A distilled alcoholic drink made from sorghum.
Any of various Chinese varieties of sorghum.

Translations

distilled alcoholic drink

Chinese:

Cantonese: 高粱 ‎(go¹ leong⁴), 高粱酒 ‎(go¹ leong⁴ zau²)

Mandarin: 高粱 (zh) ‎(gāoliáng), 高粱酒 ‎(gāoliángjǐu)

Min Nan: 高粱 ‎(ko-liông), 高粱酒 (zh-min-nan) ‎(kau-liâng-chiú), 蘆黍 (zh-min-nan), 芦黍 ‎(lô͘-sóe)

Finnish: kaoliang
French: kaoliang (fr) m
Japanese: 高粱酒 ‎(こうりゃんしゅ, kōryanshu, こうりょうしゅ, kōryōshu)
Korean: 고량주 (ko) ‎(goryangju) (高粱酒)
Russian: гаоля́н (ru) m ‎(gaolján)

See also

baijiu
mijiu