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葡萄酒

pútaojiǔ
noun HSK 5 #5,469

Measure Word

一瓶葡萄酒 píng

Meanings

  1. 1 (grape) wine

Characters

葡萄
pútao
grape
酒
jiǔ
alcohol; wine
Grape alcohol — wine.

Examples

来一瓶红葡萄酒。
Lái yī píng hóng pútaojiǔ.
A bottle of red wine, please.
中国的葡萄酒产业发展很快。
Zhōngguó de pútaojiǔ chǎnyè fāzhǎn hěn kuài.
China's wine industry is developing rapidly.
葡萄美酒夜光杯。
Pútao měijiǔ yèguāng bēi.
Fine grape wine in a luminous cup.

Tips

usage
In casual speech, many people just say 红酒 (hóngjiǔ) for red wine rather than the full 红葡萄酒. 白葡萄酒 (bái pútaojiǔ) is white wine.
culture
"葡萄美酒夜光杯，欲饮琵琶马上催" — opening lines of the Tang Dynasty poem 凉州词 by Wang Han, one of the most quoted poems about wine in Chinese literature.

Stroke Order

葡 pú
萄 táo
酒 jiǔ