samshu

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 三燒 / 三烧 (saam1 siu1, “thrice-burnt”), when the initial of the second syllable was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is a former name of Mandarin 三蒸酒 (sānzhēngjiǔ, “thrice-distilled alcohol”).

Noun

samshu (uncountable)

  1. A triple-distilled variety of rice-based baijiu.
    • 2003, Li Shizhen et al., Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-Century Manual:
      It would seem to be a purer ethyl spirit than samshu and other forms, as it does not have the delirient action possessed by many of these, which seem to contain large percentages of methyl spirit.
  2. (inexact, obsolete or historical) Synonym of baijiu.

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