老酒

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Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
alcoholic drink
trad. (老酒)
simp. #(老酒)

Pronunciation


Noun

老酒

  1. reserve; aged liquor or wine
  2. (Nanjing Mandarin, Wu) any alcoholic drink
  3. (Wu) huangjiu (especially from Shaoxing)

Synonyms

  • (huangjiu):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
らお
Grade: 4
ちゅう
Grade: 3
irregular

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 老酒 (lǎojiǔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

老酒(ラオチュウ) (raochū

  1. laojiu (beverage)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN