jiu
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Mandarin 酒 (jiǔ).
Noun edit
jiu (uncountable)
- Any Chinese alcoholic beverage
- 2007 February 7, Harold Mcgee, “In a Bottle, the Scent of a Mouse”, in New York Times[1]:
- I didn’t attempt homebrew versions of Chinese jiu or Japanese sake.
See also edit
- Jiu (alcohol) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
jiu
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹴
jiu
- Nonstandard spelling of jiū.
- Nonstandard spelling of jiǔ.
- Nonstandard spelling of jiù.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Manx edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronoun edit
jiu
Derived terms edit
- jiuish (emphatic)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish díu, dative singular of día (“day”).
Adverb edit
jiu
Noun edit
jiu m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
jiu | yiu | n'yiu |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |