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酒

jiǔ

wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage

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Strokes
10
Radical
酉
HSK
2
Tone
3

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 这是好酒。

    Zhè shì hǎo jiǔ

    This wine tastes good.

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  • 我有酒。

    Wǒ yǒu jiǔ

    I have wine.

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  • 你要酒吗？

    Nǐ yào jiǔ ma

    Would you like some wine?

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  • 想酒量大一些。

    Xiǎng jiǔ liàng dà yī xiē

    I want to be able to hold my liquor better.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 酒

  • 酒jiǔ 3wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage
  • 酒店jiǔ diàn 3–4 wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club
  • 啤酒pí jiǔ 2–3 beer (loanword)
  • 红酒hóng jiǔ 2–3 red wine
  • 酒吧jiǔ bā 3–1 bar; pub; saloon
  • 葡萄酒pú tao jiǔ 2–5–3(grape) wine
  • 酒鬼jiǔ guǐ 3–3 → 2–3drunkard
  • 白酒bái jiǔ 2–3 baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 酒)
  • 酒精jiǔ jīng 3–1 alcohol; ethanol CH3CH2OH; ethyl alcohol; also written 乙醇; grain alcohol
  • 酗酒xù jiǔ 4–3 heavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess
  • 酒水jiǔ shuǐ 3–3 → 2–3beverage; drink
  • 敬酒jìng jiǔ 4–3 to toast; to propose a toast