把酒

bǎjiǔ
to raise one's wine cup

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to hold the alcohol (vessel); to raise the wine cup
  2. (metonymic) to drink alcohol
  3. (metonymic) to toast; to pour alcohol for somebody
  4. to drink alcohol
  5. to hold the alcohol (vessel); to raise the wine cup
  6. to toast; to pour alcohol for somebody

Wiktionary

端著酒杯。表示敬酒或喝酒。唐．孟浩然〈過故人莊〉詩：「開筵面場圃，把酒話桑麻。」《儒林外史．第一○回》：「今喜遇兩位世兄，正好把酒話舊。」也作「把杯」、「把盞」。

重編國語辭典

Examples

請把酒遞給我。

Pass me the wine, please.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
2 酒 jiǔ
  1. wine (esp. rice wine)
  2. liquor
  3. spirits
  4. alcoholic beverage

classifiers: 杯, 瓶, 罐, 桶, 缸

Containing this entry

把酒言歡 bǎjiǔyánhuān to drink and chat merrily (idiom)