酒
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jiǔ · wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol

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HSK 3.0 · Level 3Frequency #788
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10Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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酉Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 酒

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jiǔWords pronounced jiǔ
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Example sentences

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Wǒ yì zhí zhù zhè jiā jiǔ diàn de ò.我一直住这家酒店的哦。

I always stay at this hotel.

Source: Tatoeba #12686333 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de pí jiǔ bèi wǒ de tóng wū hē wán le.我的啤酒被我的同屋喝完了。

My beer was finished off by my room-mate.

Source: Tatoeba #777603 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Liú xià lái hé wǒ men yì qǐ hē jiǔbā.留下来和我们一起喝酒吧。

Stay and have a drink with us.

Source: Tatoeba #1878358 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ chī le chǎo fàn, yě hē le pí jiǔ.我吃了炒饭,也喝了啤酒。

I ate fried rice and drank some beer.

Source: Tatoeba #1173208 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ hē le shíyī píng pí jiǔ le!你喝了十一瓶啤酒了!

You’ve had eleven bottles of beer!

Source: Tatoeba #841855 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ nà me gān huì bèi rén tī chū jiǔbā de.你那么干会被人踢出酒吧的。

If you did that, they'd kick you out of the bar.

Source: Tatoeba #13894766 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 酒 in context

  1. Say jiǔ, then recall the core meaning: wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 酒店 (jiǔ diàn), meaning “wine shop”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 酒 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.