小酒

Chinese

 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
alcoholic drink
trad. (小酒) 小 酒
simp. #(小酒) 小 酒

Pronunciation


Noun

小酒

  1. quiet drink (of alcohol)
    他愛喝個小酒。/他爱喝个小酒。  ―  Tā ài hē ge xiǎojiǔ.  ―  He likes a quiet drink.
  2. (literary) light wine that is made in a short fermentation period
  3. (regional) vinegar

Synonyms

  • (vinegar):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小 酒
こ
Grade: 1
さけ > ざけ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
小 酒
こ
Grade: 1
さけ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) +‎ 酒 (sake, “alcohol, alcoholic beverage; sake”). Appears from the early 1800s, with apparent free variation in the unvoiced reading kosake and the voiced, rendaku reading kozake.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞sa̠ke̞]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞za̠ke̞]

Noun

小(こ)酒(さけ) or 小(こ)酒(ざけ) • (kosake or kozake) 

  1. a small amount of alcohol
  2. a small drink of an alcoholic beverage

Proper noun

小(こ)酒(さけ) • (Kosake) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小 酒
こ
Grade: 1
さか > ざか
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
小 酒
こ
Grade: 1
さか
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) +‎ 酒 (saka, “alcohol, alcoholic beverage; sake”, the ancient compounding form).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞sa̠ka̠]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞za̠ka̠]

Proper noun

小(こ)酒(さか) or 小(こ)酒(ざか) • (Kosaka or Kozaka) 

  1. a surname

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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