jiàng
sauce; pâte; confiture; sauce épaisse
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我喜欢吃酱油
wǒ xǐhuān chī jiàngyóu
I like to eat soy sauce.
这个酱太咸了
zhège jiàng tài xiánle
This sauce is too salty.
你尝尝这个酱，很好吃
nǐ chángcháng zhège jiàng, hěn hǎochī
Try this sauce, it's delicious.
酱油 (jiàngyóu)
soy sauce
酱料 (jiàngliào)
sauce
甜 (tián)
sweet
淡 (dàn)
bland
The Chinese character 酱 (jiàng) for sauce is composed of two parts: the radical 酉 (yǒu), which indicates that the character is related to alcohol or fermentation, and the phonetic component 醬 (jiàng), which is a simplified form of the original character 醬. The original character 醬 was composed of the radical 酉 and the character 醬, which is a pictograph of a jar of fermented soybeans. The character 醬 has been used in Chinese for over 2,000 years and has a variety of meanings, including sauce, soy sauce, and fermented bean paste.
