Maotai

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 茅台 (Máotái) Wade-Giles: Mao²-tʻai², reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.

• Rhymes: -aɪ

Maotai

1. A town in Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
   • 1935, The China Weekly Review‎^[1], volume 72, →OCLC, page 147:

     MAOTAI CAPTURED BY SZECHUAN FORCES
     The Szechuan pursuit forces, after recapturing Maotai, western Kweichow, crossed the Chihshui Ho (River) and we now reached Tsaochihpa, near the Kweichow-Szechuan border.

   • 2011 February 13, Andrew Jacobs, “Fake Liquors Flow as Demand Soars for China’s Fabled Sorghum Spirit”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 November 2013, Asia Pacific‎^[3]:

     Here in Maotai, where the pungent odor of fermenting sorghum is overpowering and almost everyone works for the distillery, spiking prices have become a point of pride.

   • 2021 August 26, Evelyn Cheng, Eustance Huang, “Chinese baijiu liquor stocks tumble amid regulatory concerns”, in CNBC‎^[4], archived from the original on 26 August 2021:

     Signage for China Kweichow Moutai Distillery Co. baijiu liquor lines a road at the company’s facility in the Maotai section of the Renhuai District in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China, on Thursday, April 7, 2011.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Maotai.
2. (informal) Alternative form of Moutai (liquor)