喝酒

Chinese

		to drink; to shout; to shout applause	alcoholic drink
trad. (喝酒)		喝	酒
simp. #(喝酒)		喝	酒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hē jiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho¹ jiu³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hot³ zau²
• Jin (Wiktionary): hah^4-3 jiou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hē jiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: he jiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ho¹ chiu³
    • Yale: hē jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he jeou
    • Palladius: хэ цзю (xɛ czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ho¹ jiu³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xogiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo⁵⁵ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hot³ zau²
    • Yale: hot jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hot⁸ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hod³ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːt̚³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hah^4-3 jiou²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xaʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡ɕiəu⁵³/

Verb

喝⫽酒 (verb-object)

1. to drink alcohol

   空腹喝酒  ―  kōngfù hē jiǔ  ―  to drink alcohol on an empty stomach

   他喝酒有節制，不盡量。 [MSC, trad.]
   他喝酒有节制，不尽量。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā hē jiǔ yǒu jiézhì, bù jìnliàng. [Pinyin]

   He drinks in moderation and doesn't reach his limit.

Synonyms

• 吃酒 (chījiǔ) (literary or dialectal)
• 啉酒 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 食酒 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 飲酒／饮酒 (yǐnjiǔ) (formal or dialectal)