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醬油

醬油

See also: 醤油 and 酱油

Chinese

jam; thick sauce oil; sly
trad. (醬油)
simp. (酱油)

Noun

醬油

  1. soy sauce

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醬油 (“soy sauce”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 醬油
Mandarin Beijing 醬油
Taiwan 醬油
Tianjin 醬油
Jinan 醬油清醬
Xi'an 醬油清醬
Xining 醬油清醬
Ürümqi 醬油清醬
Wuhan 醬油
Chengdu 豆油醬油
Kunming 醬油清醬
Yangzhou 醬油
Hefei 醬油
Cantonese Guangzhou 豉油、抽油、白油
Hong Kong 豉油
Taishan 豉油
Yangjiang 豉油
Gan Nanchang 醬油
Hakka Meixian 豉油
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 豆油
Liudui (S. Sixian) 豆油
Hsinchu (Hailu) 豆油
Dongshi (Dabu) 豆油
Zhuolan (Raoping) 豆油
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 豆油
Jin Taiyuan 豆油醬油
Min Bei Jian'ou 醬油豆油
Min Dong Fuzhou 豉油
Min Nan Quanzhou 豆油
Xiamen 豆油
Zhangzhou 豆油、醬清
Taipei 豆油
Kaohsiung 豆油
Malaysia 豆油、醬清
Chaozhou 豉油
Wu Suzhou 醬油
Wenzhou 醬油
Xiang Changsha 醬油
Shuangfeng 醬油

Derived terms

  • 黑醬油黑酱油

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (醬油):

Others

  • Burmese: ကြာညို့ (kranyui.)
  • English: soy, soya

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

醬油 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 醤油, hiragana しょうゆ, romaji shōyu, historical hiragana しやうゆ)

  1. Alternative spelling of 醤油