jiu

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See also: jiù, jiū, jiǔ, and ji'u

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mandarin (jiǔ).

Noun

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jiu (uncountable)

  1. Any Chinese alcoholic beverage
    • 2007 February 7, Harold Mcgee, “In a Bottle, the Scent of a Mouse”, in New York Times[1]:
      I didn’t attempt homebrew versions of Chinese jiu or Japanese sake.

See also

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Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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jiu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じう

Mandarin

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Romanization

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jiu (jiu5jiu0, Zhuyin ˙ㄐㄧㄡ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

jiu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of jiū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of jiǔ.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of jiù.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish díb.

Pronoun

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jiu

  1. second-person plural/form of jeh
    of you/ye
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish díu, dative singular of día (day).

Adverb

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jiu

  1. today
  2. nowadays

Noun

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jiu m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. today
Synonyms
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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
jiu yiu n'yiu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.