醪糟

láozāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 fermented glutinous rice
  2. 2 sweet rice wine
  3. 3 jiuniang

Examples

Dōngtiān lái yī wǎn láozāo tāngyuán, yòu nuǎn yòu tián.
A bowl of sweet-rice-wine tangyuan in winter is both warm and sweet.
Nǎinai huì zuò láozāo, wēiwēi dài diǎn jiǔxiāng.
Grandma makes jiuniang — it has a faint wine fragrance.

Tips

usage
Also called 酒酿 (jiǔniàng) in Jiangnan and 米酒 (jiāngmǐjiǔ) elsewhere. Glutinous rice is steamed, cooled, mixed with (wine yeast) and fermented for a few days. Mildly alcoholic, sweet, used in desserts, soups and postpartum confinement food.

Stroke Order

láo
zāo