kaoliang

See also: kǎoliáng

English

Alternative forms

gaoliang

Etymology

From Mandarin 高粱 (gāoliáng).

Noun

kaoliang (countable and uncountable, plural kaoliangs)

A distilled alcoholic drink made from sorghum.
Any of various Chinese varieties of sorghum.

Related terms

kaolin

Translations

distilled alcoholic drink

Chinese:
Cantonese: 高粱 (go¹ leong⁴), 高粱酒 (go¹ leong⁴ zau²)

Mandarin: 高粱 (zh) (gāoliáng), 高粱酒 (gāoliángjǐu)

Min Nan: 高粱 (ko-liông), 高粱酒 (zh-min-nan) (kau-liâng-chiú)
Finnish: kaoliang

French: kaoliang (fr) m
Japanese: 高粱酒 (こうりゃんしゅ, kōryanshu, こうりょうしゅ, kōryōshu)
Korean: 고량주 (ko) (goryangju) (高粱酒)
Russian: гаоля́новая во́дка f (gaoljánovaja vódka)

Chinese sorghum

Chinese:
Cantonese: 高粱 (gou¹ loeng⁴), 高粱粟 (gou¹ loeng⁴ suk¹)

Mandarin: 高粱 (zh) (gāoliáng)

Russian: гаоля́н (ru) m (gaolján)

See also

baijiu
mijiu

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