Shaoxing wine

English

Alternative forms

• Shaohsing wine

Noun

Shaoxing wine (countable and uncountable, plural Shaoxing wines)

1. A variety of huangjiu made from rice, from the region of Shaoxing in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. It is used in cooking and as a beverage.
   • [2010, Karen Tei Yamashita, I Hotel, Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 105:

     So that's when we start to make menus. I say, "At night, I'm dreaming menus. Like summer. First course: lime ceviche, try albacore."
     He says, "Second course: drunken chicken in Shao-hsing wine."]