also: フェンチュー · ふんしゅ
fenjiu; Chinese sorghum liquor
A type of distilled Chinese alcohol made from sorghum (kaoliang). The term is used in Japanese to refer specifically to this Chinese spirit.
from Chinese fénjiǔ
I ordered fenjiu at a Chinese restaurant.
Fenjiu is a distilled liquor made from sorghum.
Standard kanji spelling for this Chinese liquor.
Variant katakana spelling; less common than フェンチュウ.
Rare Japanese-style reading; not widely used.
Borrowed from Chinese 汾酒 (fénjiǔ), referring to a liquor from the Fen River region in Shanxi province. The Japanese readings フェンチュウ/フェンチュー are based on the Chinese pronunciation, while ふんしゅ is a rare Japanese approximation.