麦酒

See also: 麥酒

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 麦酒 – see 麥酒 (“ale; beer; wine from grain”). (This term is the simplified form of 麥酒).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

From Dutch bier. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 麥酒／麦酒 (màijiǔ, literally “barley liquor”), and were applied from the Edo period.

First cited to a text from 1724.^[1]

For pronunciation and definitions of 麦酒 – see the following entry.

[noun] [from 1724] beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)

(This term, 麦酒, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

From Chinese 麥酒／麦酒 (màijiǔ, literally “barley liquor”).

First cited to 1826.^[1]

麦(ばく)酒(しゅ) • (bakushu)

Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 麦 (mugi, “barley, wheat, oat”) +‎ 酒 (sake, “sake, grain wine”).^[1] The sake changes to zake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to the early 1500s.^[1]

麦(むぎ)酒(ざけ) • (mugizake)

[1500s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) sake made from, or mainly from, wheat, barley, or oat

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN