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酒
Meaning
- wine (esp. rice wine)
- liquor
- spirits
Measure word
杯 bēi or 瓶 píng or 罐 guàn or 桶 tǒng or 缸 gāng
Example sentence
不要喝酒。
Don't drink any alcohol.
The character 酒
酒 is 氵, liquid, beside 酉, a wine jar. It covers everything alcoholic: 啤酒 beer, 红酒 wine, 白酒 the clear grain spirit. 酒店 is a hotel, named for the inn that sold it.