波特酒

bōtèjiǔ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Port wine (fortified sweet wine from the Douro Valley in Portugal)

Examples

HSK 6
Bōtèjiǔ tōngcháng zuòwéi cān hòu tiánjiǔ.
Port is usually served as a dessert wine after a meal.
HSK 7-9
Tā cóng Pútáoyá dàihuí lái yī píng chénnián bōtèjiǔ.
He brought back a bottle of vintage Port from Portugal.

Tips

memory
波特 transliterates 'Port' (the city of Porto in Portuguese is the namesake), and means 'alcohol/wine'. Same 波特 syllables show up in 波特兰 (Portland) and 哈利·波特 (Harry Potter) - none of them related, all transliterations.

Stroke Order

jiǔ