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baijiu

baijiu

See also: báijiǔ

English

Noun

baijiu ‎(uncountable)

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

Synonyms

shaojiu

See also

Translations

clear Chinese alcoholic beverage

Chinese:

Mandarin: 白酒 (zh) ‎(báijiǔ)

Min Nan: 江米酒 ‎(kang-bí-chiú)
Finnish: baijiu (fi)

Japanese: 白酒 (ja) ‎(しろざけ, shirozake), パイチュウ ‎(paichū), バイジュウ ‎(baijū)
Korean: 백주 ‎(baekju) (白酒 (ko))
Russian: байцзю́ (ru) n ‎(bajczjú)