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Chinese symbol for “alcoholic”

酒精性
jiǔ jīng xìng
alcoholic (beverage)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for alcoholic is 酒精性 (jiǔ jīng xìng), defined as: alcoholic (beverage).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

酒 jiǔ
wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
radical 164 ⾣ · 10 strokes
精 jīng
essence, germ, spirit
radical 119 ⽶ · 14 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 酒精性.

WordPinyinMeaning
酒店jiǔ diànwine shop; pub (public house)
酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā)
喝酒hē jiǔto drink (alcohol)
啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword); measure word: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng)
酒精jiǔ jīng(coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol
葡萄酒pú tao jiǔ(grape) wine
精神jīng shénspirit; mind
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “alcoholic”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.