老ろう酒しゅ

noun

fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage; Shaoxing wine

Refers to Chinese fermented rice wine, especially Shaoxing wine. The reading ラオチュー (or ラオチュウ) is the Chinese-derived name and is common in culinary contexts.

from Chinese lǎojiǔ

See also: 紹興酒

• 中ちゅう華か料りょう理りには老ろう酒しゅがよく合あう。

  Fermented Chinese wine goes well with Chinese cuisine.

• この炒いため物ものにはラオチューを少すこし加くわえると風ふう味みが増ます。

  Adding a little Shaoxing wine to this stir-fry enhances the flavor.

noun

old alcohol; aged liquor

Only with reading ろうしゅ

Literal meaning of the kanji: alcohol that has been aged. This sense is restricted to the reading ろうしゅ and is less common than the specific Chinese wine sense.

• 老ろう酒しゅという言こと葉ばは、文も字じ通どおりには古ふるい酒さけを指さす。

  The word 老酒 literally refers to old alcohol.