老白干

老白乾
lǎobáigān
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 laobaigan (clear northern Chinese sorghum liquor)
  2. 2 a strong, colorless baijiu style

Examples

HSK 3
Běifāng rén guònián ài hē lǎobáigān.
Northerners like to drink laobaigan at New Year.
HSK 5
Lǎobáigān dùshù gāo, hē qǐlái hěn chōng.
Laobaigan is high-proof and hits hard when you drink it.

Tips

culture
Literally 'old-white-dry': 老 = well-aged, 白 = colorless, 干 = 'dry' in the sense of distilled clean with no residual sweetness. The name describes a whole style of northern sorghum baijiu, with 衡水老白干 as its most famous branded example.

Stroke Order

老 lǎo
白 bái
干 gān