干红

乾紅

gānhóng

noun #41,793

Measure Word

一瓶干红 píng

Meanings

1 dry red wine
2 dry red

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

他从法国带回来两瓶干红。

Tā cóng Fǎguó dàihuí lái liǎng píng gānhóng.

He brought back two bottles of dry red from France.

HSK 5

牛排配一杯干红正合适。

Niúpái pèi yì bēi gānhóng zhèng héshì.

A glass of dry red goes perfectly with steak.

Tips

usage

Short for 干红葡萄酒 (dry red grape wine). 干 here means 'dry' in the wine sense, low residual sugar, borrowed from European wine vocabulary. Parallel terms: 干白 (dry white), 半干 (off-dry), 甜 (sweet).

Stroke Order

干 gān

红 hóng