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酒精

jiǔ jīng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

酒精 (jiǔ jīng) means "alcohol". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 酒精 means

1. colloquialethanol; ethyl alcohol

The characters in 酒精

• 酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality

Example sentences

• 我能闻到他呼吸中的酒精味。
  Wǒ néng wéndào tā hūxī zhōng de jiǔjīng wèi.
  I could smell the alcohol on his breath.
• 东欧的酒精消耗量比西欧高。
  Dōng ōu de jiǔjīng xiāohàoliàng bǐ Xī'ōu gāo.
  Alcohol consumption is higher in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe.
• 淡啤酒是一种酒精含量低的啤酒。
  Dànpí jiǔ shì yīzhǒng jiǔjīng hánliàng dī de píjiǔ.
  Pale ale is a low-alcohol beer.
• 欧洲人是世界上最大的酒精消费者。
  ōuzhōurén shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de jiǔjīng xiāofèizhě.
  Europeans are the largest consumers of alcohol in the world.
• 我在肝里留个只给你的地方，酒精。
  Wǒ zài gān lǐ liú gè zhǐ gěi nǐ de dìfang, jiǔjīng.
  I have a corner in my liver just for you, alcohol.
• 我在肝里给你留了个地方，酒精啊。
  I have a corner in my liver just for you, alcohol.

Words starting with 酒精

• 酒精性jiǔ jīng xìngalcoholic (beverage)
• 酒精中毒jiǔ jīng zhòng dúalcoholism; alcohol poisoning
• 酒精洗手液jiǔ jīng xǐ shǒu yèalcohol-based hand sanitizer
• 酒精饮料jiǔ jīng yǐn liàoalcoholic beverage
• 酒精灯jiǔ jīng dēngspirit lamp

Sounds the same

Read jiǔ jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 久经to have long experience of; to go through repeatedly

Where 酒精 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiǔ jīng correctly.
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