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"soy sauce" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
酱油 醬油 jiàng yóu soy sauce
豆油 dòu yóu soy bean oil / (dialect) soy sauce
豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
番茄酱 番茄醬 fān qié jiàng ketchup / tomato sauce
辣椒酱 辣椒醬 là jiāo jiàng red pepper paste / chili sauce
肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces
豆奶 dòu nǎi soy milk
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])
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)
豆浆 豆漿 dòu jiāng soy milk syn
红烧 紅燒 hóng shāo to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown
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
豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce
豆瓣酱 豆瓣醬 dòu bàn jiàng sticky chili bean sauce / doubanjiang
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
滑溜 huá liū to sauté in sticky sauce syn
蚝油 蠔油 háo yóu oyster sauce
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
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)
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
蘸 zhàn to dip in (ink, sauce etc) syn
苹果酱 蘋果醬 píng guǒ jiàng apple sauce / apple jam
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
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
口水鸡 口水雞 kǒu shuǐ jī steamed chicken with chili sauce
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
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
辣酱油 辣醬油 là jiàng yóu Worcestershire sauce
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
金沙 jīn shā gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce
干面 乾麵 gān miàn noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour
豆腐渣 dòu fu zhā okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
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")
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
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
老抽 lǎo chōu dark soy sauce
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
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
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
豆豉酱 豆豉醬 dòu chǐ jiàng black bean sauce
豪油 háo yóu oyster sauce / correct spelling 蠔油|蚝油
酸辣酱 酸辣醬 suān là jiàng hot and sour sauce / chutney
腌汁 醃汁 yān zhī marinade (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])
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
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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