The story
- Cantonese · borrowed from三燒 /三烧“thrice-burnt”
- English todaysamshu
From Cantonese 三燒 /三烧 (“thrice-burnt”), a former name of 三蒸酒 (sānzhēngjiǔ, “thrice-distilled alcohol”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A triple-distilled variety of rice-based baijiu. Full definition →
Cantonese 三燒 /三烧