酿造 niàngzào to brew
to brew; to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation
How to remember 酿造: 酿 to ferment + 造 to build = to brew.
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How it is used
- 'To brew/make by fermentation' - wine, vinegar, soy sauce - 酿造啤酒 (niàngzào píjiǔ) brew beer; 酿造酱油 (niàngzào jiàngyóu) brew soy sauce.
- The technical verb for fermenting foods/drinks. 酿 already means ferment; 造 adds 'produce'.
- Distinguish figurative 酝酿 (yùnniàng, brewing/mulling); 酿造 is the literal production process.