酒精 meaning in English

jiǔjīng

(coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol

HSK 7-9noun24 strokes

Meaning of 酒精

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiǔjīng
  1. (coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol

酒精 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

什shén么me痛tòng苦kǔ能néng让ràng你nǐ想xiǎng用yòng酒jiǔ精jīng去qù麻má醉zuì自zì己jǐ?
What pain are you trying to cover up with alcohol?
我wǒ能néng闻wén到dào他tā呼hū吸xī中zhōng的de酒jiǔ精jīng味wèi。
I could smell the alcohol on his breath.
淡dàn啤pí酒jiǔ是shì一yī种zhǒng酒jiǔ精jīng含hán量liàng低dī的de啤pí酒jiǔ。
Pale ale is a low-alcohol beer.
欧ōu洲zhōu人rén是shì世shì界jiè上shàng最zuì大dà的de酒jiǔ精jīng消xiāo费fèi者zhě。
Europeans are the world's largest consumers of alcohol.
欧ōu洲zhōu人rén每měi年nián平píng均jūn饮yǐn用yòng十shí二èr点diǎn五wǔ公gōng升shēng的de纯chún酒jiǔ精jīng。
Europeans drink, on average, 12.5 liters of pure alcohol per year.

Stroke order for each character

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酒 jiǔ · wine · 10 strokes

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精 jīng · essence · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 酒精.

酒店jiǔdiànwine shop; pub (public house)
精神jīngshénspirit; mind
啤酒píjiǔbeer (loanword)
精彩jīngcǎiwonderful; marvelous
红酒hóngjiǔred wine
酒吧jiǔbābar (place to buy drinks)
精力jīnglìenergy (physical or mental)
酒鬼jiǔguǐdrunkard
葡萄酒pútaojiǔ(grape) wine
白酒báijiǔbaijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2
精美jīngměiexquisite; elegant; fine
酒水jiǔshuǐalcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)

Questions about 酒精

What does 酒精 mean?

酒精 (jiǔjīng) means "(coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 酒精?

酒精 is made of 2 characters: 酒 (10 strokes), 精 (14 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 酒精 an HSK word?

Yes. 酒精 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.