粵

酒zau2精zing1

zau2 zing1jiǔ jīng

English

  1. (coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol
  2. ethanol, the result of alcoholic fermentation
  3. alcohol; including methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, etc.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 日常生活中對乙醇嘅稱呼,係酒嘅主要成份,會以植物發酵製成
  2. 甲醇、乙醇、2-丙醇等有機化合物嘅通稱

Examples

  • 東歐嘅酒精消耗量高過西歐。

    Alcohol consumption is higher in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 歐洲人係世界上最大嘅酒精消費者。

    Europeans are the world's largest consumers of alcohol.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 歐洲人每年平均飲十二點五公升嘅純酒精。

    Europeans drink, on average, 12.5 liters of pure alcohol per year.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 佢唔想日日飲酒,但由於啤酒係佢最鍾意嘅飲品,所以佢幾乎日日都飲冇酒精嘅啤酒。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 東歐的酒精消耗量比西歐高。

    Alcohol consumption is higher in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 我能闻到他呼吸中的酒精味。

    I could smell the alcohol on his breath.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 酒精搓手液

    alcohol hand sanitizer

  • 紅酒多數有大約10%左右嘅酒精。

    Wine usually contains about 10% alcohol. ----

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

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