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酿造 (niàng zào) — to brew; to produce (wine, vinegar, soy sauce, etc.) by fermentation

Definition

酿造 refers specifically to making alcoholic drinks, vinegar, or soy sauce through fermentation — the same products in the examples. Compare 沏 (steeping tea) and 发酵 (the general biochemical process of fermenting).

verb
to brewto produce (wine, vinegar, soy sauce, etc.) by fermentation

Examples

  • 酿造。
    Zhè jiā jiǔ zhuāng měi nián niàng zào hěn duō hóng pú tao jiǔ.
    This winery brews a lot of red wine every year.
  • 酿造。
    Yòng chuán tǒng fāng fǎ niàng zào de cù wèi dào gèng xiāng.
    Vinegar brewed with a more aromatic flavor is made by traditional fermentation methods.
  • 酿造。
    Tā men jué dìng kāi shǐ niàng zào jiàng yóu lái gōng yìng shì chǎng.
    They decided to start brewing soy sauce to supply the market.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

酿niàngferment/brew
造zàomake

Both 酿 (ferment) and 造 (make) contribute the sense of producing something by brewing.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòto walk
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
屮
屮chè造zào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Its origin is unclear, but early forms of 造 include 辵 (to walk) and 口, with 屮 as a sound part, and mean go or arrive.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9CookingFood (General)

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