酒
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wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
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How 酒 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A jar 酉 of wine 氵; 酉 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
liquor · Heisig RSH #1126
水 water + whiskey bottle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 酒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花天酒地 | huā tiān jiǔ dì | to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; lif… |
| 家家酒 | jiā jiā jiǔ | (Tw) house (children's game); playing house |
| 利口酒 | lì kǒu jiǔ | (loanword) liqueur |
| 酒水 | jiǔ shuǐ | alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu) |
| 机加酒 | jī jiā jiǔ | flight and hotel (travel package) (abbr. for 機票加酒店|机票加酒店[ji1 piao4 jia1 jiu3 dian4]) |
| 酒家 | jiǔ jiā | restaurant; bartender; (old) wineshop; tavern |
| 白酒 | bái jiǔ | baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 … |
| 金酒 | jīn jiǔ | gin |
| 花酒 | huā jiǔ | drinking party with female entertainers |
| 酒花 | jiǔ huā | hops |
| 酒会 | jiǔ huì | drinking party; wine reception |
| 酒力 | jiǔ lì | capacity for alcohol; ability to hold drink |
| 下酒 | xià jiǔ | to be appropriate to have with alcohol; to down one's drink |
| 酒德 | jiǔ dé | good manners in drinking; drinking as personality test |
| 打酒 | dǎ jiǔ | to buy liquor |
| 酒器 | jiǔ qì | drinking vessel; wine cup |
| 酒神 | Jiǔ shén | Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus |
| 老酒 | lǎo jiǔ | wine, esp. Shaoxing wine |
| 红酒 | hóng jiǔ | red wine |
| 波特酒 | Bō tè jiǔ | Port wine |