粵

燒siu1酒zau2

simp烧酒
siu1 zau2shāo jiǔ

English

  1. name of a famous Tang dynasty wine
  2. same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3]
  3. a kind of East Asian alcoholic drink, usually distilled from fermented cereal

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種源自東亞嘅酒,一般用穀物釀造再蒸餾而成

Examples

  • 我爸爸不喝多少烧酒。

    My father doesn't drink so much sake.

    Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

  • 我爸爸不喝太多的烧酒。

    My father doesn't drink too much sake.

    Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

  • 透過現今的生物科技,蕃薯燒酒已經變得十分容易入口了,因為那種難聞的蕃薯味道大部分已經被去除了。

    It's very easy to drink potato shochu now that the potato-like smell has been reduced to a low level through use of the latest biotechnology.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 日本嘅燒酒好出名㗎。

    The Japanese spirits are very famous.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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