酱 (jiàng) - Sauce, paste, jam & thick condiment made from fermented soybeans, grains, or

酱Tone 4

jiàng ｜ 13 strokes ｜ radical:

健傑

酱 · jiàng

Sauce, paste, jam;

thick condiment made from fermented soybeans, grains, or fruits;

also used colloquially to mean 'like this' or 'in this way'.

Sauce, paste, jamthick condiment made from fermented soybeans, grains, oralso used colloquially to mean 'like this' or

Usage highlights

Soy sauceTomato sauceChili pasteFruit jamBean pasteSesame paste

Synonyms

  • 酱油— soy sauce (specific type)
  • 酱料— sauce, condiment (general term)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • I love soy sauce (酱油) with my rice.
  • This is tomato sauce (番茄酱).
  • She makes delicious chili paste (辣椒酱).
  • We need some jam (果酱) for the toast.
  • He said it would be like this (酱紫).

Collocations

  • Soy sauce(酱油)
  • Tomato sauce(番茄酱)
  • Chili paste(辣椒酱)
  • Fruit jam(果酱)
  • Bean paste(豆酱)
  • Sesame paste(芝麻酱)

Idioms

  • Oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar(油盐酱醋)
  • Sauce garden wine shop(酱园酒肆)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Soy-based sauces like soy sauce and fermented bean pastes are fundamental to Chinese cuisine.
  • The character appears in many food-related terms, reflecting its importance in daily cooking.
  • In internet slang, 酱 is sometimes used as a phonetic stand-in, like in 酱紫 for 这样子 (like this).

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