samshu
English
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editEtymology
editAn irregular romanization of the Cantonese pronunciation saam¹ siu¹ of 三燒/三烧 (sānshāo, “thrice-burnt”), a former name of 三蒸酒 (sānzhēngjiǔ, “thrice-distilled alcohol”).
Noun
editsamshu (uncountable)
- A triple-distilled variety of rice-based baijiu.
- 2003, Li Shizhen et al., Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-Century Manual:
- It would seem to be a purer ethyl spirit than samshu and other forms, as it does not have the delirient action possessed by many of these, which seem to contain large percentages of methyl spirit.
- (inexact, obsolete or historical) Synonym of baijiu.