The story
- Chinese · borrowed from黃酒 /黄酒“yellow alcohol”
- English todayhuangjiu
The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 黃酒 /黄酒 (huángjiǔ, “yellow alcohol”). Compare baijiu.
Words from the same roots
Chinese黃酒 all →
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