"kaoliang" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kaoliangs [plural]
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of the former pronunciation of Mandarin 高粱 (gāoliáng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|高粱|tr=gāoliáng}} Mandarin 高粱 (gāoliáng) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kaoliang (countable and uncountable, plural kaoliangs)
  1. A sorghum-based variety of baijiu. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Distilled beverages Categories (lifeform): Andropogoneae tribe grasses, Grains
    Sense id: en-kaoliang-en-noun-5HpQoPwo Disambiguation of Distilled beverages: 70 30 Disambiguation of Andropogoneae tribe grasses: 67 33 Disambiguation of Grains: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 71 29
  2. Any of various Chinese varieties of sorghum. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Chinese sorghum): 高粱 (gou¹ loeng⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 高粱粟 (gou¹ loeng⁴ suk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 高粱 (gāoliáng) (Chinese Mandarin), гаулияң (gauliäñ) (Kazakh), гаоля́н (gaolján) [masculine] (Russian), เกาเหลียง (Thai)
    Sense id: en-kaoliang-en-noun-RVque-p4 Disambiguation of 'Chinese sorghum': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gaoliang, koaliang, kowliang Hypernyms (liquor): baijiu Related terms: baijiu, mijiu Translations (liquor): 高粱 (ko-liông) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 高粱酒 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 高粱 (go¹ loeng⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 高粱酒 (go¹ loeng⁴ zau²) (Chinese Cantonese), 高粱 (gāoliáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 高粱酒 (gāoliángjiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kaoliang (Finnish), kaoliang [masculine] (French), 高粱酒 (alt: こうりゃんしゅ, kōryanshu, こうりょうしゅ, kōryōshu) (Japanese), 고량주 (goryangju) (alt: 高粱酒) (Korean), гаоля́новая во́дка (gaoljánovaja vódka) [feminine] (Russian), เกาเหลียง (Thai)
Disambiguation of 'liquor': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'liquor': 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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