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sikhye

Syllables: sik·hye/ˈʃiːk.jeɪ/

sikhye noun: a sweet beverage made from barley and rice, sometimes served with pine nuts.

sikhye: a sweet beverage made from barley and rice, sometimes served with pine nuts
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Noun

sikhye (uncountable)

  1. A sweet beverage made from barley and rice, sometimes served with pine nuts.
    • At dessert time, we skipped the red bean and green tea ice creams, ordering instead a sweet drink, sikhye, made with malt flour, rice and sugar.2011 December 2, Karla Cook, “Korean Barbecue in a Smoke-Filled Room”, in The New York Times

Origin of sikhye

Borrowed from Korean 식혜(食醯) (sikhye).

Questions about sikhye

What does sikhye mean?
Sikhye means a sweet beverage made from barley and rice, sometimes served with pine nuts.
What part of speech is sikhye?
Sikhye is a noun.
How do you pronounce sikhye?
Sikhye is pronounced /ˈʃiːk.jeɪ/.

Words near sikhye in the dictionary

  1. Sikhote-Alin
  2. Sikhote-Alin'
  3. sikhra
  4. sikhras
  5. Sikhs
  6. sikhye
  7. Sikhī
  8. Sikiana
  9. sikidy
  10. siking
  11. sikinnis

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