酒

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wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A jar 酉 of wine 氵; 酉 also provides the pronunciation

Components 氵酉

liquor · Heisig RSH #1126

水 water + whiskey bottle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
花天酒地	huā tiān jiǔ dì	to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; lif…
家家酒	jiā jiā jiǔ	(Tw) house (children's game); playing house
利口酒	lì kǒu jiǔ	(loanword) liqueur
酒水	jiǔ shuǐ	alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)
机加酒	jī jiā jiǔ	flight and hotel (travel package) (abbr. for 機票加酒店\|机票加酒店[ji1 piao4 jia1 jiu3 dian4])
酒家	jiǔ jiā	restaurant; bartender; (old) wineshop; tavern
白酒	bái jiǔ	baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 …
金酒	jīn jiǔ	gin
花酒	huā jiǔ	drinking party with female entertainers
酒花	jiǔ huā	hops
酒会	jiǔ huì	drinking party; wine reception
酒力	jiǔ lì	capacity for alcohol; ability to hold drink
下酒	xià jiǔ	to be appropriate to have with alcohol; to down one's drink
酒德	jiǔ dé	good manners in drinking; drinking as personality test
打酒	dǎ jiǔ	to buy liquor
酒器	jiǔ qì	drinking vessel; wine cup
酒神	Jiǔ shén	Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus
红酒	hóng jiǔ	red wine
老酒	lǎo jiǔ	wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
波特酒	Bō tè jiǔ	Port wine