斗酒

Chinese

		ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars	alcoholic drink
trad. (斗酒)		斗	酒
simp. #(斗酒)		斗	酒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǒujiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǒujiǔ [Phonetic: dóujiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǒujiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tou³-chiu³
    • Yale: dǒu-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dooujeou
    • Palladius: доуцзю (douczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

斗酒

1. ability to hold one's liquor; alcohol tolerance

Synonyms

• 海量 (hǎiliàng) (high alcohol tolerance)
• 酒量 (jiǔliàng)
• 雅量 (yǎliàng) (honorific, high alcohol tolerance)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斗	酒
と Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Superficially 斗(と) (to, “18 liter measure”) + 酒(しゅ) (shu, “alcohol”). Attested from at least the 15th century.

Noun

斗(と)酒(しゅ) • (toshu) 

1. a large volume of sake

   彼女(かのじょ)は斗酒(としゅ)なお辞(じ)せず。

   Kanojo wa toshu nao jisezu.

   She drinks sake by the tun.