Chinese Word of the Day

葡萄酒
pú táo jiǔ

wine

Definitions

Chinese > English
葡萄酒	pútáojiǔ, t
1. n. wine
English > Chinese
wine
1. 葡萄酒
Components
葡萄	pútáo, er=y
1. n. grape
2. v. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) to be jealous; to envy (from (m, zh, 吃不到的葡萄是酸的, t=the grapes are sour anyway, tr=-))
葡	pú
1. Used in 葡萄 (grape) (and related terms.)
2. Short for 葡萄牙, Portugal
3. (chiefly Cantonese by extension in compounds) Macau
4. 葡幣 - Macanese pataca -
5. 葡汁 - Portuguese sauce (a kind of sauce in Macanese cuisine) -
萄	táo, tao
1. a kind of grass
2. Used in 葡萄
酒	jiǔ
1. alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink
你幹嗎má 不喝點酒？ (Nǐ gànmá bù hē diǎn jiǔ?) - How come you don't wanna have a sip of alcohol?
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