The Chinese word for wine is
葡萄酒
pú táo jiǔ
Chinese Definition
| wine | |
| 1. 葡萄酒 | |
| Components | |
| 葡萄 | |
| 1. n. grape | |
| 2. v. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) to be jealous; to envy (from (m, zh, 吃不到的葡萄是酸的, t=the grapes are sour anyway, tr=-)) | |
| 葡 | |
| 1. Used in 葡萄 (grape) (and related terms.) | |
| 2. Short for 葡萄牙, Portugal | |
| 3. (chiefly Cantonese by extension in compounds) Macau | |
| 4. 葡幣 - Macanese pataca - | |
| 5. 葡汁 - Portuguese sauce (a kind of sauce in Macanese cuisine) - | |
| 萄 | |
| 1. a kind of grass | |
| 2. Used in 葡萄 | |
| 酒 | |
| 1. alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink | |
| 你 幹嗎má 不 喝 點 酒？ (Nǐ gànmá bù hē diǎn jiǔ?) - How come you don't wanna have a sip of alcohol? |
Translations for 酒 and their definitions
| 葡萄酒 | |
| 1. n. wine |
| 果酒 | |
| 1. n. fruit wine |
| 酒 | |
| 1. alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink | |
| 你 幹嗎má 不 喝 點 酒？ (Nǐ gànmá bù hē diǎn jiǔ?) - How come you don't wanna have a sip of alcohol? |
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pú táo jiǔ
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