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酒

jiǔ

HSK 3 Character Measure word 杯、瓶、罐、桶、缸

What 酒 means

1. wine (esp. rice wine)
2. liquor
3. spirits
4. alcoholic beverage

Example sentences

• 我有酒。
  I have wine.
• 喝酒结拜。
  Hējiǔ jiébài.
  To drink together is to become sworn brothers.
• 这是好酒。
  This wine tastes good.
• 你喝酒吗？
  Do you drink alcohol?
• 不要喝酒。
  Don't drink any alcohol.
• 你要酒吗？
  Would you like some wine?

Words starting with 酒

• 酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks)
• 酒精jiǔ jīng(colloquial) ethanol; ethyl alcohol
• 酒店jiǔ diànwine shop; pub (public house); hotel
• 酒杯jiǔ bēiwine cup
• 酒楼jiǔ lóurestaurant
• 酒后jiǔ hòuafter drinking; under the influence of alcohol
• 酒馆jiǔ guǎntavern; pub; wine shop
• 酒家jiǔ jiārestaurant; bartender; (old) wineshop
• 酒鬼jiǔ guǐdrunkard
• 酒量jiǔ liàngcapacity for liquor; how much one can drink
• 酒席jiǔ xífeast; banquet
• 酒水jiǔ shuǐalcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)
• 酒厂jiǔ chǎngwine factory; distillery
• 酒会jiǔ huìdrinking party; wine reception
• 酒窝jiǔ wōdimple (on the cheek when smiling)
• 酒醉jiǔ zuìto become drunk
• 酒菜jiǔ càifood and drink; food to accompany wine
• 酒足饭饱jiǔ zú fàn bǎoto have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
• 酒味jiǔ wèismell of alcohol; flavoring of rum or other liquor in food; aroma or nose (of wine)
• 酒神Jiǔ shénBacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus
• 酒意jiǔ yìtipsy feeling
• 酒壶jiǔ húwine pot; wine cup
• 酒宴jiǔ yànfeast; banquet
• 酒色jiǔ sèwine and women; color of wine; drunken expression

Words containing 酒

• 啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword)
• 酗酒xù jiǔheavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess
• 喝酒hē jiǔto drink (alcohol)
• 白酒bái jiǔbaijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Taiwan) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒
• 葡萄酒pú tao jiǔ(grape) wine
• 饮酒yǐn jiǔto drink wine
• 美酒měi jiǔgood wine; fine liquor
• 醉酒zuì jiǔto get drunk
• 敬酒jìng jiǔto toast; to propose a toast
• 烟酒yān jiǔtobacco and alcohol
• 酿酒niàng jiǔto make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
• 鸡尾酒jī wěi jiǔ(calque) cocktail
• 黄酒huáng jiǔ"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
• 灯红酒绿dēng hóng jiǔ lǜlanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking…
• 名酒míng jiǔa famous wine
• 米酒mǐ jiǔrice wine
• 茅台酒máo tái jiǔmaotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou)
• 烧酒shāo jiǔname of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as 白酒
• 喜酒xǐ jiǔwedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast
• 烈酒liè jiǔstrong alcoholic drink
• 香槟酒xiāng bīn jiǔ(loanword) champagne
• 老酒lǎo jiǔwine, esp. Shaoxing wine
• 料酒liào jiǔcooking wine
• 啤酒厂pí jiǔ chǎngbrewery

Characters built on 氵

These share the phonetic component 氵 (shuǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 溴xiùbromine (chemistry)
• 溜liūto slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate
• 泅qiúto swim (bound form)

Characters that look like 酒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange
• 涛tāobig wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 淄zīblack; name of a river
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read jiǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 九nine; 9
• 久(of a period of time) long
• 灸moxibustion (TCM)
• 韭leek
• 糺army (used during the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties)
• 〩numeral 9 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 㺵black jade (variant of 玖
• 玖black jade; nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 乆old variant of 久
• 乣old variant of 糺