白酒
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
白酒 (báijiǔ) · Chinese white liquor
白酒 (báijiǔ) means “Chinese white liquor; baijiu”. It is written with 2 characters: 白 (white) + 酒 (alcohol). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 白酒 is built
The characters
白 bái · white
What 白 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: A burning candle; the rays of the sun (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
酒 jiǔ · alcohol
What 酒 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 酉yǒu — wine
- 兀wù — weak
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 兀wù — weak
Origin hint: A jar 酉 of wine 氵; 酉 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
爷爷喜欢喝一点白酒。Yéye xǐhuan hē yìdiǎn báijiǔ.Grandpa likes to drink a little baijiu.
白酒比啤酒好喝吗？Báijiǔ bǐ píjiǔ hǎohē ma?Does baijiu taste better than beer?
Questions about 白酒
What does 白酒 mean?
白酒 (báijiǔ) means “Chinese white liquor; baijiu”.
How do you pronounce 白酒?
白酒 is pronounced báijiǔ.
Which HSK level is 白酒?
白酒 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 白天báitiāndaytime
- 明白míngbaito understand
- 白色báisèwhite
- 白菜báicàiChinese cabbage
- 苍白cāngbáipale
- 蛋白质dànbáizhìprotein
- 空白kòngbáiblank
- 坦白tǎnbáito confess
- 白báiwhite
- 酒店jiǔdiànhotel
Learn 白酒 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 1: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.