打酱油 打醬油 dǎ jiàng yóu to buy soy sauce / it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce") 豆油 dòu yóu soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce 海鲜酱 海鮮醬 hǎi xiān jiàng hoisin sauce (barbecue sauce) / seafood sauce 清浆 清漿 qīng jiāng unsweetened soy milk / plain soy milk 酱油 醬油 jiàng yóu soy sauce 红烧 紅燒 hóng shāo to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown 热干面 熱乾面 rè gān miàn noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack 豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 拌面 拌麵 bàn miàn noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc 生抽 shēng chōu light soy sauce 双抽 雙抽 shuāng chōu black soy sauce 龟甲万 龜甲萬 guī jiǎ wàn Kikkoman, Japanese brand of soy sauce, food seasonings etc 卤蛋 滷蛋 lǔ dàn peeled boiled egg, stewed in soy sauce and other flavorings 铁蛋 鐵蛋 tiě dàn iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week 傻瓜干面 傻瓜乾麵 shǎ guā gān miàn boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste 柴米油盐酱醋茶 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 chái - mǐ - yóu - yán - jiàng - cù - chá lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea / fig. life's daily necessities 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu - yán - jiàng - cù lit. oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar (idiom) / fig. life's daily necessities syn 肉燥 ròu zào (Tw) minced pork stewed with soy sauce and spices (served with rice or noodles, or as a filling in buns etc) / Taiwan pr. [rou4 sao4] 酱油膏 醬油膏 jiàng yóu gāo thickened soy sauce 酿制 釀製 niàng zhì to brew (beer, soy sauce etc) / to make (wine, vinegar etc) / to distill (spirits) syn 蘸酱 蘸醬 zhàn jiàng dipping sauce / to dip in sauce 辣汁 là zhī hot sauce / chili sauce XO酱 XO醬 X O jiàng XO sauce, a spicy seafood sauce invented in Hong Kong in the 1980s 深色 shēn sè dark / dark colored 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 一团漆黑 一團漆黑 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation syn 豆浆 豆漿 dòu jiāng soy milk syn 豆奶 dòu nǎi soy milk 毛豆 máo dòu immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod syn 豆汁 dòu zhī douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk syn 豆渣 dòu zhā okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 曲 qū fermentation starter / leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc) / Taiwan pr. [qu2] syn 酱 醬 jiàng thick paste of fermented soybean / marinated in soy paste / paste / jam syn 豆腐渣 dòu fu zhā okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) 小麦大豆溷合食品 小麥大豆混合食品 wheat soya blend / wheat soy blend 柴米油盐酱醋茶 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea / fig. life's daily necessities 豆瓣 dòu bàn cotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱[dou4ban4jiang4]) syn 凉拌 涼拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4]) 滑溜 huá liū to sauté in sticky sauce syn 番茄酱 番茄醬 fān qié jiàng ketchup / tomato sauce 肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces 豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce 辣椒酱 辣椒醬 là jiāo jiàng red pepper paste / chili sauce 蚝油 蠔油 háo yóu oyster sauce 炸酱面 炸醬麵 zhá jiàng miàn zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) 豆瓣酱 豆瓣醬 dòu bàn jiàng sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang 调味汁 調味汁 tiáo wèi zhī dressing / sauce 奶汁 nǎi zhī milk from a woman's breast / milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white sauce) 口水鸡 口水雞 kǒu shuǐ jī steamed chicken with chili sauce 烹 pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) syn 蘸 zhàn to dip in (ink, sauce etc) syn 喧宾夺主 喧賓奪主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish syn 沙爹 shā diē satay (sauce) 担担面 擔擔麵 dàn dàn miàn Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce 麻婆豆腐 má pó dòu fǔ mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce 虾油 蝦油 xiā yóu prawn sauce 喼汁 jié zhī Worcestershire sauce 干扁豆角 gān biǎn dòu jiǎo green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish 底汁 dǐ zhī stock (cooking) / base (of sauce or gravy) 扒糕 pá gāo buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce) 沙爹酱 沙爹醬 shā diē jiàng satay sauce 沙茶 shā chá satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate 烤肉酱 烤肉醬 kǎo ròu jiàng barbecue sauce 烧烤酱 燒烤醬 shāo kǎo jiàng barbecue sauce 蒜蓉油菜 suàn róng yóu cài Chinese vegetable in garlic sauce 蒜蓉豆角 蒜蓉荳角 suàn róng dòu jiǎo green beans in garlic sauce 苹果酱 蘋果醬 píng guǒ jiàng apple sauce / apple jam 豆豉酱 豆豉醬 dòu chǐ jiàng black bean sauce 豪油 háo yóu oyster sauce / correct spelling 蠔油|蚝油 辣酱油 辣醬油 là jiàng yóu Worcestershire sauce 酸辣酱 酸辣醬 suān là jiàng hot and sour sauce / chutney 腌汁 醃汁 yān zhī marinade (sauce) 金沙 jīn shā gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce 馋嘴蛙 饞嘴蛙 chán zuǐ wā sautéed bullfrog with chili sauce 香蒜酱 香蒜醬 xiāng suàn jiàng garlic sauce / pesto 鱼香茄子 魚香茄子 yú xiāng qié zi "fish-flavored" eggplant in garlic sauce 麻醬 má jiàng sesame paste (sauce) 鱼露 魚露 yú lù fish sauce 肉圆 肉圓 ròu yuán ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân]) 干面 乾麵 gān miàn noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour 青酱 青醬 qīng jiàng pesto sauce 沙司 shā sī sauce (loanword) 酱料 醬料 jiàng liào sauce 派斯托 pài sī tuō pesto (Italian sauce) (loanword) 筒子米糕 tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them) 干煸豆角 乾煸豆角 gān biān dòu jiǎo green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish 伍斯特酱 伍斯特醬 wǔ sī tè jiàng Worcestershire sauce 凉拌面 涼拌麵 liáng bàn miàn cold noodles in sauce 混酱 混醬 hùn jiàng mixed sauce / (Mexican cuisine) mole 莎莎酱 莎莎醬 shā shā jiàng (loanword) salsa (sauce) 莫蕾 mò lěi mole (Mexican sauce) 苹果泥 蘋果泥 píng guǒ ní apple sauce 黑暗 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness syn 黑马 黑馬 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner syn 明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] syn 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously syn 