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Jyutping siu1 zau2
Pinyin shāo jiǔ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. name of a famous Tang dynasty wine
  2. same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    一種​源自​東​亞​嘅​酒​,​一般​用​穀​物​釀造​再​蒸餾​而成
    a kind of East Asian alcoholic drink, usually distilled from fermented cereal
    • 日本嘅燒酒好出名㗎。
      日本嘅烧酒好出名㗎。
      jat6 bun2 ge3 siu1 zau2 hou2 ceot1 meng2 gaa3.
      The Japanese spirits are very famous.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    shaojiu; (East Asian) spirits
    (syn.) 阿剌吉酒, 火酒
  2. noun
    a type of alcoholic beverage during the Tang dynasty
  3. noun, Cantonese, Taiwanese-Hokkien, broadly
    any alcoholic beverage
  4. verb
    to make an alcoholic beverage
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    透过现今的生物科技,蕃薯烧酒已经变得十分容易入口了,因为那种难闻的蕃薯味道大部分已经被去除了。
    透過現今的生物科技,蕃薯燒酒已經變得十分容易入口了,因為那種難聞的蕃薯味道大部分已經被去除了。
    tòu guò xiàn jīn de shēng wù kē jì , fān shǔ shāo jiǔ yǐ jīng biàn de shí fēn róng yì rù kǒu le , yīn wèi nà zhǒng nán wén de fān shǔ wèi dao dà bù fen yǐ jīng bèi qù chú le 。
    • It's very easy to drink potato shochu now that the potato-like smell has been reduced to a low level through use of the latest biotechnology.
  2. Mandarin
    我爸爸不喝多少烧酒。
    我爸爸不喝多少燒酒。
    wǒ bà ba bù hē duō shǎo shāo jiǔ 。
    • My father doesn't drink so much sake.
  3. Mandarin
    我爸爸不喝太多的烧酒。
    我爸爸不喝太多的燒酒。
    wǒ bà ba bù hē tài duō de shāo jiǔ 。
    • My father doesn't drink too much sake.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    日本嘅烧酒好出名㗎。
    日本嘅燒酒好出名㗎。
    jat6 bun2 ge3 siu1 zau2 hou2 ceot1 meng2 gaa3.
    • The Japanese spirits are very famous.