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酒 jiǔ

wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 3
Radical
酉
Type
Ideograph
Made of 氵酉 ⿰氵酉

Memory hint: A jar 酉 of wine 氵; 酉 also provides the pronunciation

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Example sentences with 酒

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  1. 他不喝酒。
    Tā bù hē jiǔ.
    He doesn't drink alcohol.
    he not drink alcohol
  2. 你会喝酒吗？
    Nǐ huì hē jiǔ ma?
    Can you drink alcohol?
    you can drink alcohol (question)
  3. 我们去酒吧坐坐吧。
    Wǒmen qù jiǔbā zuòzuo ba.
    Let's go sit at the bar.
    we go bar sit-a-bit (particle-suggestion)
  4. 开车以前不能喝酒。
    Kāichē yǐqián bùnéng hē jiǔ.
    You can't drink alcohol before driving.
    drive before cannot drink alcohol
  5. 晚上他们在酒吧喝了很多酒。
    Wǎnshang tāmen zài jiǔbā hē le hěn duō jiǔ.
    In the evening they drank a lot at the bar.
    evening they at bar drink (particle) very much alcohol

Words with 酒 (10)