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HSK 3
酒
jiǔ
1.
wine (esp. rice wine)
2.
liquor
3.
spirits
4.
alcoholic beverage
5.
CL:[[杯<bēi>]], [[瓶<píng>]], [[罐<guàn>]], [[桶<tǒng>]], [[缸<gāng>]]
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 10 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
下酒
xiàjiǔ
to be appropriate to have with alcohol
佐酒
zuǒjiǔ
to drink together (in company)
劝酒
quànjiǔ
to urge sb to drink alcohol
名酒
míngjiǔ
a famous wine
品酒
pǐnjiǔ
to taste wine
啤酒
píjiǔ
beer (loanword)
喜酒
xǐjiǔ
wedding feast
喝酒
hējiǔ
to drink (alcohol)
奠酒
diànjiǔ
a libation
宿酒
sùjiǔ
still drunk from the previous night
御酒
yùjiǔ
imperial wine
闷酒
mènjiǔ
alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
戒酒
jièjiǔ
teetotal
打酒
dǎjiǔ
to have a drink
把酒
bǎjiǔ
to raise one's wine cup
敬酒
jìngjiǔ
to toast
料酒
liàojiǔ
cooking wine
斟酒
zhēnjiǔ
to pour wine or liquor
果酒
guǒjiǔ
fruit wine
汽酒
qìjiǔ
sparkling wine
Example Sentences (3)
怎么还买了酒回来呀？谁喝啊？
Zěn me hái mǎi le jiǔ huí lái ya? Shéi hē a?
Why did you even buy alcohol and bring it back? Who's going to drink it?
Text 1
医生说你爸爸一口酒都不能喝，别让他看见酒瓶子。
Yī shēng shuō nǐ bà ba yì kǒu jiǔ dōu bù néng hē, bié ràng tā kàn jiàn jiǔ píng zi.
The doctor said your dad can't drink a single drop of alcohol; don't let him see any liquor bottles.
Text 3
医生说你爸爸一口酒都不能喝，别让他看见酒瓶子。
Yī shēng shuō nǐ bà ba yì kǒu jiǔ dōu bù néng hē, bié ràng tā kàn jiàn jiǔ píng zi.
The doctor said your dad can't drink a single drop of alcohol; don't let him see any liquor bottles.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 796
- Word Frequency Rank
- 650 of 84,292