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威士忌

wēishìjì

whiskey (loanword)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

whiskey (loanword)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 威士忌 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 威士忌 appears in 7 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

他卖威士忌。tā mài wēi shì jì。

He sells whisky.

这种威士忌太烈了。zhè zhǒng wēi shì jì tài liè le。

This whisky is too strong.

这瓶威士忌太烈了。zhè píng wēi shì jì tài liè le。

This whiskey is too strong.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 威士忌.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 威士忌.

Directly before

  • 波本威士忌1
  • 一点威士忌1
  • 这威士忌1
  • 这种威士忌1
  • 这瓶威士忌1

Directly after

  • 威士忌太烈2
  • 威士忌是1
  • 威士忌怎么样1
  • 威士忌和1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 威士忌

What does 威士忌 mean in Chinese?

威士忌 (wēishìjì) means whiskey (loanword).

How do you pronounce 威士忌?

威士忌 is pronounced wēishìjì.

Is 威士忌 an HSK word?

威士忌 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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