酒 (zau2) — wine; spirits; liquor; alcoholic drinks (brewed or distilled) in Cantonese
zauˊ²酒Mandarin Pinyin: jiu3
Meaning of 酒
nounwine; spirits; liquor; alcoholic drinks (brewed or distilled)
Example Sentences with 酒
呢隻白酒好正㗎！?
This brand of white wine is really good!
呢杯酒冇咁掯，啱你飲
This glass of wine is not so strong; suitable for you.
zauˊ²酒japˍ₆入sauˎ₄愁coengˎ₄腸，，愁sauˎ₄更gang˗₃愁！
Idiom: Alcohol cannot cure our pain and sadness.
gaanˉ¹間zauˊ²酒dim˗₃店mouˏ₅冇leiˏ₅理jauˎ₄由gam˗₃咁pengˎ₄平gaak˗₃格，，waa6話mˎ₄唔dingˍ₆定diˉ¹啲fongˊ²房jauˏ₅有gwaiˊ²鬼。
There is no reason why the rates for this hotel is so low. Maybe there are ghosts in the rooms.
你琴晚劈酒劈到醉醉地
You got pretty drunk last night.
Words Containing 酒
酒精消毒液zau2 zing1 siu1 duk6 jik6
hand sanitizer (lit., "alcohol disinfectant liquid")
醉酒zeoi3 zau2
drunkenness; ebrietas; ebriety; temulence; temulentia
利口酒lei6 hau2 zau2
liquer (phonetic loanword in Mandarin)
紅葡萄酒hung4 pou4 tou4 zau2
red wine
加飯酒gaa1 faan6 zau2
Jiafan wine
蘋果酒ping4 gwo2 zau2
apple cider (alcohol)
飲酒jam2 zau2
and [粵]: drink alcoholic beverage
苦艾酒fu2 ngaai6 zau2
absinthe
酒量zau2 loeng6
drinking capacity of alcohol
水果酒seoi2 gwo2 zau2
wine
酒庫zau2 fu3
wine cellar, wine storage room
洋酒joeng4 zau2
imported wine
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