米酒

Mandarin · pinyin mǐ jiǔ

Meanings

  1. rice wine
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米
mǐ · hulled or husked uncooked rice
酒
jiǔ · wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage
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3–3 · mi3 jiu3

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mai5 zau2

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noun

  1. mijiu; rice wine (Classifier: 杯 m; 瓶 m)
  2. (Wuhan Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Eastern Min) jiuniang

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