酱油 (醬油)
jiàng yóu
Pinyin

Definition

酱油 (醬油)
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jiàng yóu
  1. soy sauce

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

加油
jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil
  2. 2 to top up with gas
  3. 3 to refuel
  4. 4 to accelerate
  5. 5 to step on the gas
  6. 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
  7. 7 to cheer sb on
油
yóu
  1. 1 oil
  2. 2 fat
  3. 3 grease
  4. 4 petroleum
  5. 5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. 6 oily
  7. 7 greasy
  8. 8 glib
  9. 9 cunning
加油站
jiā yóu zhàn
  1. 1 gas station
原油
yuán yóu
  1. 1 crude oil
奶油
nǎi yóu
  1. 1 cream
  2. 2 butter

Idioms (5)

油光可鉴
yóu guāng kě jiàn
  1. 1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
  2. 2 lustrous
油然而生
yóu rán ér shēng
  1. 1 arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
  2. 2 to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
滚油煎心
gǔn yóu jiān xīn
  1. 1 to suffer mental anguish (idiom)
火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse
火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
  1. 1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse

Sample Sentences

瓜子、酱油瓜子、葵瓜子、白瓜子（南瓜子）
guāzǐ 、jiàngyóu guāzǐ 、kuíguāzǐ 、báiguāzǐ （nánguāzǐ ）
(pumpkin) seeds, (pumpkin) soy sauce seeds, sunflower seeds, white (pumpkin) seeds
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不过他结婚也真够晚的，人家早的，小孩可都会打酱油了。
bùguò tā jiéhūn yě zhēn gòu wǎn de ，rénjiā zǎo de ，xiǎohái kě dōuhuì dǎjiàngyóu le 。
But he really married very late, didn't he? The children of the ones who married the earliest are all old enough to go to the shops by themselves now.
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三杯鸡是相当具有代表性的中菜之一，不同地方有不同的调味方式，以台式三杯鸡来说，所谓的三杯是一杯麻油、一杯酱油和一杯米酒。
sān bēi jī shì xiāngdāng jùyǒu dàibiǎoxìng de zhōngcài zhīyī ，bùtóng dìfang yǒu bùtóng de tiáowèi fāngshì ，yǐ tái shì sān bēi jī láishuō ，suǒwèi de sān bēi shì yī bēi máyóu 、yī bēi jiàngyóu hé yī bēi mǐ jiǔ 。
Three-cup-chicken is a signature Chinese dish, with different seasoning methods used in different places. In terms of Taiwanese Three-cup Chicken, the "three cups" are one cup of sesame oil, one cup of soy sauce and one cup of rice wine.
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酱油三大匙
jiàngyóu sān dàchí
Three tablespoons of soy sauce
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接着放入酱油、糖与米酒等调味料与鸡肉拌炒、煮滚。
jiē zhe fàng rù jiàngyóu 、táng yǔ mǐ jiǔ děng tiáowèi liào yǔ jīròu bànchǎo 、zhǔgǔn 。
Then add the other seasoning, such as the soy sauce, the sugar and the rice wine and stir fry with the chicken until it comes to a boil.
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一定要放酱油。
yīdìng yào fàng jiàngyóu 。
You definitely have to add soy sauce.
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哎，服务员，有酱油吗？
āi ，fúwùyuán ，yǒu jiàngyóu ma ？
Hmm, waiter, do you have soy sauce?
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哎，你喜欢吃酱油啊？
āi ，nǐ xǐhuan chī jiàngyóu a ？
Oh, you like soy sauce.
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米饭没有味道，不好吃。所以我喜欢加点儿酱油。
mǐfàn méiyǒu wèidao ，bù hǎochī 。suǒyǐ wǒ xǐhuan jiā diǎnr jiàngyóu 。
Steamed rice doesn‘t have any flavor; it doesn’t taste good. So I like to add a bit of soy sauce.
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我喜欢加酱油。
wǒ xǐhuan jiā jiàngyóu 。
I‘d like to add some soy sauce.
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