Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jiǔ
English
- wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage
- wine (esp. rice wine)
- alcoholic beverage
- liquor
- spirits
- alcoholic beverage
- CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
粵語
- 含有乙醇（即係酒精）嘅嘢飲，通常係由植物發酵而成
As a component in
Words containing 酒
- 紅酒hung4 zau2
red wine
- 米酒mai5 zau2
rice wine
- 白酒baak6 zau2
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum
- 酒鬼zau2 gwai2
drunkard
- 酗酒jyu3 zau2
heavy drinking
- 敬酒ging3 zau2
to toast; to propose a toast
- 酒店zau2 dim3
wine shop
- 酒吧zau2 baa1
bar (place to buy drinks)
- 啤酒be1 zau2
beer (loanword)
- 酒精zau2 zing1
(coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol
- 飲酒jam2 zau2
to drink wine
- 水酒seoi2 zau2
watery wine (usually only said out of a modest gesture by the host rather than the wine being actually watery in reality)
- 酒水zau2 seoi2
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)
- 酒米zau2 mai5
acne; pimple (spoken)
- 黃酒wong4 zau2
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
- 隊酒deoi2 zau2
to down an alcholic drink [colloquial]
- 清酒cing1 zau2
sake (Japanese rice wine)
- 火酒fo2 zau2
isoproyl alcohol
- 酒家zau2 gaa1
restaurant
- 解酒gaai2 zau2
to dissipate the effects of alcohol
- 酒樓zau2 lau4
restaurant
- 釀酒joeng6 zau2
to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
- 醉酒zeoi3 zau2
to get drunk
- 陪酒pui4 zau2
to drink along (with sb)