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酿

niàng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 釀

What 酿 means

1. to ferment
2. to brew
3. to make honey (of bees)
4. to lead to
5. to form gradually
6. wine
7. stuffed vegetables (cooking method)

Example sentences

• 汤姆喝精酿啤酒。
  Tom drinks craft beer.
• 他们的友情酝酿成了爱情。
  Their friendship ripened into a deep love.
• 完美主义很容易酿成灾难。
  Perfectionism can quickly become a disaster.
• 他们的友情酝酿成爱情的果实。
  Tāmen de yǒuqíng yùnniàng chéng àiqíng de guǒshí.
  Their friendship ripened into a deep love.
• 他和她之间的友谊，渐渐地酝酿成了爱情。
  Tā hé tā zhījiān de yǒuyì, jiànjiàn de yùnniàng chéngle àiqíng.
  By degrees the friendship between him and her grew into love.
• 西班牙人用草莓树的果实酿造一种白兰地。
  The Spanish make a type of brandy with the fruits of the strawberry tree.

Words starting with 酿

• 酿成niàng chéngto make (wine or spirits); (fig.) to lead to (a bad result)
• 酿酒niàng jiǔto make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc)
• 酿造niàng zàoto brew; to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation
• 酿制niàng zhìto brew (beer, soy sauce etc); to make (wine, vinegar etc); to distill (spirits)
• 酿母菌niàng mǔ jūnyeast
• 酿热物niàng rè wùbiological fuel (such as horse dung)
• 酿造学niàng zào xuézymurgy
• 酿酒业niàng jiǔ yèbrewing industry; wine industry
• 酿酶niàng méizymase (enzyme in yeast involved in fermentation)

Words containing 酿

• 酝酿yùn niàng(of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing; to mull over (an issue)
• 佳酿jiā niàngexcellent wine
• 私酿sī niàngto brew alcoholic drinks illegally
• 酒酿jiǔ niàngsweet fermented rice; glutinous rice wine
• 佳利酿Jiā lì niàngCarignan (grape type)
• 佳丽酿Jiā lì niàngCarignan (grape type)
• 甜酒酿tián jiǔ niàngfermented rice
• 精酿啤酒jīng niàng pí jiǔcraft beer

Characters built on 良

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

• 粮liánggrain; food; provisions
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 踉liángused in 跳踉

Characters that look like 酿

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

• 辣làhot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
• 酪lào(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc)…
• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 酰xiānacid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 踉liángused in 跳踉
• 酩mǐngused in 酩酊