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huangjiu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
huang-jiu
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A class of Chinese alcoholic beverages made from fermented grains including rice, millet, and wheat, typically 10–20% alcohol by volume.

Uncountable

Etymology

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 黃酒 /黄酒 (huángjiǔ, “yellow alcohol”). Compare baijiu.

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

huang-chiu (alternative)

Synonyms

yellow wine

Questions

What does huangjiu mean?
A class of Chinese alcoholic beverages made from fermented grains including rice, millet, and wheat, typically 10–20% alcohol by volume.
Where does huangjiu come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

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