jiu

jiu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Youle Jino.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Youle Jino terms

Borrowed from Mandarin 酒 (jiǔ).

jiu (uncountable)

1. Any Chinese alcoholic beverage
   • 2007 February 7, Harold Mcgee, “In a Bottle, the Scent of a Mouse”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     I didn’t attempt homebrew versions of Chinese jiu or Japanese sake.

• Jiu (alcohol) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• uji

jiu

1. Rōmaji transcription of じう

jiu (jiu⁵ / jiu⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄐㄧㄡ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹴

jiu

1. nonstandard spelling of jiū
2. nonstandard spelling of jiǔ
3. nonstandard spelling of jiù

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Old Irish díb.

jiu

1. second-person plural/form of jeh

   of you/ye

• jiuish (emphatic)

From Old Irish díu, dative singular of día (“day”).

jiu

1. today
2. nowadays

jiu m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. today

• yn laa jiu