# 白酒
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): báijiǔ
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): be$^2$ jiu$^3$
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): be̊qjiǔ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baak$^6$ zau$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pha̍k-chiú
* Northern Min (KCR): bā-ciǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): băh-ciū
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba$^2$ ziu$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chiú / pe̍eh-chiú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh$^8$ ziu$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): biak$^6$ zau$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$baq-cieu$_5$
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): be$^6$ ziou$^3$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): be$^6$ jiu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: báijiǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: báijiǒu
*** Wade–Giles: pai$^2$-chiu$^3$
*** Yale: bái-jyǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairjeou
*** Palladius: байцзю (bajczju)
*** Sinological IPA : /paɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: be$^2$ jiu$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: begiu
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛ²¹ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: be̊qjiǔ
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): beq$^5$ jiu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pəʔ⁵ t͡ɕiəɯ¹¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baak$^6$ zau$^2$
*** Yale: baahk jáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baak$^9$ dzau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bag$^6$ zeo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːk̚² t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pha̍k-chiú
*** Hakka Romanization System: pag jiu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pag$^6$ jiu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ t͡si̯u³¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bā-ciǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /pa⁵⁵ t͡siu²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: băh-ciū
*** Sinological IPA : /paʔ⁵⁻³³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒieu³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ba$^2$ ziu$^3$ [Phonetic: ba$^5$ liu$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pa¹³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$liu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ba$^2$ ziu$^3$ [Phonetic: ba$^5$ liu$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pa¹³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$liu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chiú
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peqciuo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡siu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-chiú
*** Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-tsiú
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bêh$^8$ ziu$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h tsiú
*** Sinological IPA : /peʔ⁴⁻² t͡siu⁵²/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: biak$^6$ zau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /piɐk̚²² t͡səu³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$baq-cieu$_5$
*** MiniDict: bah$^入$ cieu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$baq-jieu$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ t͡ɕiɤ²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: be$^6$ ziou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɤ̞²⁴ t͡si̯əu̯⁴¹/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /pɤ̞²⁴ t͡ɕi̯əu̯⁴¹/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: be$^6$ jiu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pe²² t͡ɕi̯u³³/

### Noun

白酒
* baijiu (distilled liquor)
       gōngrèn kǒugǎn hǎo de báijiǔ [Pinyin]
       widely enjoyed baijiu
* white wine
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Jian'ou Northern Min) jiuniang

#### Usage notes

To distinguish baijiu from white wine, white wine can be called 白葡萄酒 (báipútáojiǔ).

#### Synonyms

* (baijiu):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 白酒, 白乾兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 白酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 白酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 白酒, 燒酒, 老白乾兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 白酒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 白酒, 白乾兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 白酒, 白乾兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 白酒, 老白乾兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 白酒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 白酒, 辣酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 燒酒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 燒酒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 白酒, 燒酒, 白乾兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 燒酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 白乾兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 白酒, 白乾兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 白酒, 辣酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 白酒, 辣酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 辣酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 辣酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 白酒, 白乾兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 白酒, 燒酒, 辣酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 燒酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 燒酒, 白乾兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 白酒, 白乾兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 燒酒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 燒酒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 燒酒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 燒酒, 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 白酒, 跟頭酒, 燒酒, 白乾兒, 乾酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 白酒, 白乾兒, 乾酒, 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 白酒, 白乾, 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 白酒, 辣酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 白酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 白酒, 白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 白酒, 辣酒, 麻酒, 高粱酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 白酒, 白乾 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 辣酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 燒酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 白酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 燒酒, 白酒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 燒酒, 白酒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 白酒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 米酒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 燒酒, 白酒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 燒酒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燒酒, 高粱酒 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 燒酒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 燒酒, 白酒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 飶酒 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 燒酒 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 燒酒 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 燒酒 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 白酒 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 燒酒 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 白酒 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 燒酒 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 白酒 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 燒酒, 白酒 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 燒酒 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Datong | 燒酒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 白酒, 燒酒, 白乾兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 白酒, 白乾兒, 辣酒 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Handan | 白酒, 老白乾兒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 白酒, 白乾兒, 辣酒, 燒酒 |
| Jin | Suide | 燒酒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 燒酒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 燒酒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 燒酒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 燒酒 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 燒酒 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 白酒 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 白酒 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 白酒 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 白酒 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 白酒 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 燒酒 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 白酒 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 白酒 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 白酒 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 白酒 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 白酒 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 白酒 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 白酒 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 白酒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 白酒 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 白酒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 燒酒 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 燒酒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 白酒, 燒酒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 燒酒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 燒酒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 白酒 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 燒酒 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 白酒 |
* (white wine):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 白葡萄酒, 白酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 白葡萄酒, 白酒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 白酒 |
* (jiuniang):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 酒釀, 醪糟, 江米酒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 江米酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 江米酒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 醪糟坯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 醪糟, 醪糟兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 醪糟兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 米酒, 江米酒, 糯米酒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 醪酒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 醪糟子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 醪酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 醪糟兒, 醪糟浮子, 醪糟水, 醪糟兒浮子, 醪糟兒水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 甜酒, 米酒, 伏汁酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 甜酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 白酒, 甜白酒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 糯米甜酒, 甜酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 酒釀, 江米酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 米甜酒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 酒釀, 江糟酒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 酒釀, 糯米甜酒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 糯米酒 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 酒糟 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 糯米酒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 酒娘子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 甲酒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 糯米酒, 甜酒, 米酒, 醐娘酒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 酒娘, 甲酒 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 酒娘 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 米酒, 甜酒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 醪糟 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 醪糟兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 白酒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 米酒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 酒釀, 酒飯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 白酒 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 秫米糟, 甜糟 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 甜糟 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 甜酒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 酒釀, 酒板, 甜酒釀 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 酒釀糟 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 酒釀, 酒板 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 酒釀, 冬釀酒, 糯米酒 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 老白酒 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 白酒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 白酒糟 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 甜酒釀, 酒釀 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 酒釀, 漿板 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 酒釀, 蜜林檎 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 甜酒釀, 酒釀 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 甜酒 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 酒娘 |

#### Hypernyms

* 酒 (jiǔ)

#### Hyponyms

* 高粱 (gāoliáng)

#### Descendants

* → English: baijiu

### See also

* 黃酒／黄酒 (huángjiǔ)
* 葡萄酒 (pútáojiǔ)
* 啤酒 (píjiǔ)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 酒 |
| しろ Grade: 1 | さけ > ざけ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 酒 (sake, “liquor”). The sake reading for 酒 changes to zake as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕiɾo̞za̠ke̞]

#### Noun

白(しろ)酒(ざけ) • (shirozake)
* a white, unfiltered, sweet, and sometimes thick porridge-like fermented liquor made from rice; traditionally served at 雛祭り (Hina matsuri) and other festivals
* alternate name for 濁酒 (doburoku), 濁り酒 (nigorizake): white unfiltered and sweet sake

##### Synonyms

* (thick sake served at festivals): 山川酒(やまがわざけ) (yamagawazake)
* (unfiltered sake): 濁酒(じょくしゅく) (jokushuku), 濁酒(だくしゅ) (dakushu), 濁酒(どぶろく) (doburoku)
* (unfiltered sake): 濁(にご)り酒(ざけ) (nigorizake)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 酒 |
| しろ Grade: 1 | き Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 酒 (ki, “liquor”). The ki reading for 酒 is archaic.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕiɾo̞kʲi]

#### Noun

白(しろ)酒(き) • (shiroki)
* 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 (黒酒). Used in particular at the 大嘗祭 (daijōsai) and 新嘗祭 (nīnamesai) rituals held in late November, wherein the emperor would beseech the gods for a good harvest in the year to come.

##### See also

* 黒酒(くろき) (kuroki): black liquor
* 大嘗祭(だいじょうさい) (daijōsai), 新嘗祭(にいなめさい) (nīnamesai): Shinto rituals wherein the emperor prays for a good harvest in the year to come

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 酒 |
| しろ Grade: 1 | ささ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 酒 (sasa, “liquor”). The sasa reading for 酒 is a 女(にょう)房(ぼう)詞(ことば) (nyōbō kotoba), a term only used by women.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕiɾo̞sa̠sa̠]

#### Noun

白(しろ)酒(ささ) • (shirosasa)
* (nyōbō kotoba) Synonym of 白酒 (shirozake)

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 酒 |
| はく Grade: 1 | しゅ Grade: 3 |
| kan'on | goon |
From Middle Chinese 白酒 (MC baek tsjuwX).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ha̠kɯ̟ɕɨ]

#### Noun

白(はく)酒(しゅ) • (hakushu)
* 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.

##### See also

* 濁(にご)り酒(ざけ) (nigorizake)
* 濁酒(どぶろく) (doburoku)

### Etymology 5

Kanji in this term :
| 白 | 酒 |
| ばい Grade: 1 | ちゅう Grade: 3 |
| irregular ||
From modern Mandarin 白酒 (báijiǔ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pa̠it͡ɕɨː]

#### Noun

白酒(ぱいちゅう) or 白酒(パイチュー) • (paichū)
* Chinese distilled liquor

##### Usage notes

This reading is more often spelled in katakana as パイチュー to differentiate from the default hakushu on'yomi for these characters.