How to pronounce Shaoxing wine

Shaoxing wine is written 绍兴酒 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ʂàʊ.ɕíŋ tɕjǒʊ/. In plain English letters that is SHOW-shing JYOH, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Shaoxing wine?

Shaoxing wine is a drink of China. Where it comes from: Zhejiang. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are rice. It tastes rich.

Where Shaoxing wine comes from

Shaoxing wine is one of 108 signature dishes of China on this map. See all dishes from Zhejiang.

• Dongpo pork 东坡肉 · Main dish · Zhejiang

  Dongpo pork is a Hangzhou dish of pork belly, first pan-fried and then slowly red-cooked with soy sauce, rock sugar and Shaoxing wine.

• West Lake fish in vinegar gravy 西湖醋鱼 · Main dish · Zhejiang

  West Lake fish in vinegar gravy is a traditional local speciality of Hangzhou in Zhejiang, also known as Song Sao fish.

• Jinhua ham 金华火腿 · Snack · Zhejiang

  Jinhua ham is a dry-cured ham named after the city of Jinhua in Zhejiang, where it is made.

• Peking duck 北京烤鸭 · Main dish · Beijing

  Roast duck was eaten in China's imperial kitchens long before it reached Beijing; it is often traced to Nanjing when that city was the Ming capital, and the court brought it north in the 15th century.

• Xiaolongbao 小笼包 · Snack · Nanxiang, Shanghai

  Xiaolongbao are small soup dumplings steamed in the bamboo basket that gives them their name.

• Mapo tofu 麻婆豆腐 · Main dish · Chengdu, Sichuan

  Mapo tofu is Sichuan cooking in one bowl: soft tofu in a red, oily sauce of fermented broad-bean chilli paste with minced beef and plenty of Sichuan pepper, which leaves the mouth tingling.

Food of China

Dishes like Shaoxing wine in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Shaoxing wine:

• Awamori 泡盛 · Drink · Okinawa, Japan

  Awamori is a distilled spirit made from rice that is unique to Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands.

• Andong soju 안동소주 · Drink · North Gyeongsang, South Korea

  Andong soju is a traditional distilled soju from Andong.

• Apong · Drink · Arunachal Pradesh, India

  Apo, or apong, is a rice beer made by fermenting rice, found among the Tani tribes of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.