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Heng Fai Brand Jiuqu (Chinese Yeast Balls) 3
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酒曲

酒麴
jiǔqū
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 distiller's yeast
  2. 2 wine starter
  3. 3 jiuqu

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

A starter of grain grown with moulds and yeasts, sold as dried cakes or powder. Mixed into steamed glutinous rice, it turns the rice into sweet fermented rice, 酒酿; it is also what starts Chinese rice wine and liquor.

Examples

HSK 3
做米酒要用酒曲。
Zuò mǐjiǔ yào yòng jiǔqū.
You need a starter to make rice wine.
HSK 7-9
酒曲里的微生物先把淀粉变成糖，再把糖变成酒精。
Jiǔqū lǐ de wēishēngwù xiān bǎ diànfěn biànchéng táng, zài bǎ táng biànchéng jiǔjīng.
The microbes in the starter first turn starch into sugar, then turn the sugar into alcohol.

Tips

mistakes
曲 here is 'yeast, starter', first tone, written 麴 in traditional characters. It is a different word from 曲 'song', as in 歌曲.

Stroke Order

酒 jiǔ
曲 qǔ