Etymology

huang-chiu

Chinese 黃酒 /黄酒
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The story

  1. Chinese · borrowed from黃酒 /黄酒“yellow alcohol”
  2. English todayhuang-chiu

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 黃酒 /黄酒 (huángjiǔ, “yellow alcohol”).

Words from the same roots

Chinese黃酒 all →

huangjiuyellow wine

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