酒酿

酒釀

jiǔniàng

noun #77,392

Measure Word

一碗酒酿 wǎn

Meanings

1 sweet fermented rice
2 glutinous rice wine
3 jiuniang

Characters

to brew; ferment

Examples

妈妈用酒酿煮了一碗汤圆。

Māma yòng jiǔniàng zhǔle yī wǎn tāngyuán.

Mom cooked a bowl of glutinous rice balls in sweet fermented rice.

酒酿的甜味很自然。

Jiǔniàng de tián wèi hěn zìrán.

The sweetness of jiuniang is very natural.

Tips

culture

Made by fermenting steamed glutinous rice with 酒曲 (rice-wine starter). Mildly alcoholic and sweet — eaten warm with 汤圆 or stirred into 鸡蛋羹. Sometimes called 醪糟 (láozāo) in Sichuan and the northwest.

Stroke Order

酒 jiǔ

酿 niàng