料酒

liàojiǔ

noun

Measure Word

一瓶料酒 píng

Meanings

1 cooking wine
2 Chinese culinary rice wine

Characters

ingredient, material

Examples

炒鱼前先加点料酒去腥。

Chǎo yú qián xiān jiā diǎn liàojiǔ qù xīng.

Add some cooking wine before frying the fish to remove the fishy smell.

厨房里料酒用完了。

Chúfáng lǐ liàojiǔ yòng wán le.

The kitchen is out of cooking wine.

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

料 liào

酒 jiǔ