葡萄酒 pútaojiǔ wine
(grape) wine
How to remember 葡萄酒: 葡 grapes + 萄 grapes + 酒 liquor = wine.
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How it is used
- Specifically means grape wine, as distinct from other Chinese alcohols.
- 红葡萄酒 (hóng pútaojiǔ) - red wine; 白葡萄酒 (bái pútaojiǔ) - white wine.
- Contrast with 白酒 (báijiǔ, strong Chinese grain liquor) and 米酒 (mǐjiǔ, rice wine) - 葡萄酒 always means Western-style grape wine.
- In casual speech people sometimes just say 红酒 (hóngjiǔ) for red wine specifically, which is shorter and very common.
Example sentences
- 我喜欢葡萄酒。 Wǒ xǐhuān pútáojiǔ.I like wine.
- 我不喜欢葡萄酒。 Wǒ bù xǐhuān pútáojiǔ.I don't like wine.
- 葡萄酒是用葡萄做成的。 Pútáojiǔ shì yòng pútáo zuòchéng de.Wine is made from grapes.