白酒

Noun

 * 1) baijiu
 * 2) white wine
 * 3)  jiuniang
 * 1)  jiuniang

Usage notes
To distinguish baijiu from white wine, white wine can be called.

Synonyms




Etymology 1
Compound of. .

Noun

 * 1) a white, unfiltered, sweet, and sometimes thick porridge-like fermented liquor made from rice; traditionally served at  and other festivals
 * 2) alternate name for, : white unfiltered and sweet sake

Etymology 2
Compound of. The ki reading for is archaic.

Noun

 * 1) white fermented liquor made from rice, used as an offering at Shinto rituals
 * Fermented from specially selected rice, with half used as shiroki and half mixed with incense ash and used as kuroki . Used in particular at the and  rituals held in late November, wherein the emperor would beseech the gods for a good harvest in the year to come.

Etymology 3
Compound of. The sasa reading for is a, a term only used by women.

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1) generic term for nigorizake, doburoku, shirozake

Usage notes
This reading using the on'yomi is considered slightly more formal, rather like how words in English that have Latin or Greek roots are considered slightly more formal than synonyms that have Anglo-Saxon roots.

Etymology 5
From modern.

Noun

 * 1) Chinese distilled liquor

Usage notes
This reading is more often spelled in katakana as to differentiate from the default hakushu on'yomi for these characters.