Shaoxing wine

plural Shaoxing wines · alternative Shaohsing wine

1. countableuncountableA variety of huangjiu made from rice, from the region of Shaoxing in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. It is used in cooking and as a beverage.

   So that's when we start to make menus. I say, "At night, I'm dreaming menus. Like summer. First course: lime ceviche, try albacore." He says, "Second course: drunken chicken in Shao-hsing wine."

   [2010, Karen Tei Yamashita, I Hotel, Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 105