samshu

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Etymology

From Cantonese δΈ‰η‡’ (saam1 siu1, β€œthrice burnt”).

Noun

samshu (uncountable)

  1. A strong Chinese wine distilled from rice.
    • 2003, Shizhen Li, Porter Smith, George Arthur Stuart, Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-century Manual:
      It would seem to be a purer ethyl spirit than samshu and other forms, as it does not have the delirient action possessed by many of these, which seem to contain large percentages of methyl spirit.

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