斗酒

Chinese

		ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars	alcoholic drink
trad. (斗酒)		斗	酒
simp. ^#(斗酒)		斗	酒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǒujiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǒujiǔ [Phonetic: dóujiǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǒujiǒu
  - Wade–Giles: tou³-chiu³
  - Yale: dǒu-jyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dooujeou
  - Palladius: доуцзю (douczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

斗酒

ability to hold one's liquor; alcohol tolerance

Synonyms

海量 (hǎiliàng) (high alcohol tolerance)
酒量 (jiǔliàng)
雅量 (yǎliàng) (honorific, high alcohol tolerance)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斗	酒
と Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Superficially 斗(と) (to, “18 liter measure”) + 酒(しゅ) (shu, “alcohol”). Attested from at least the 15th century.^[1]

Noun

斗(と)酒(しゅ) • (toshu)

a large volume of sake
彼女(かのじょ)は斗酒(としゅ)なお辞(じ)せず。
Kanojo wa toshu nao jisezu.
She drinks sake by the tun.

References

^ “斗酒”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006