料酒

liàojiǔ
noun

Measure Word

料酒 píng

Meanings

  1. 1 cooking wine
  2. 2 Chinese culinary rice wine

Examples

HSK 5
Chúfáng lǐ liàojiǔ yòng wán le.
The kitchen is out of cooking wine.
HSK 7-9
Chǎo yú qián xiān jiā diǎn liàojiǔ qù xīng.
Add some cooking wine before frying the fish to remove the fishy smell.

Tips

culture
Chinese 料酒 is a seasoned rice wine (often Shaoxing-based) with added salt and spices, not meant for drinking. Its main job is to de-odorize meat and fish (去腥) and add umami depth during stir-frying.

Stroke Order

liào
jiǔ