soy sauce (n.)
HSK 5
Traditional
醬油
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
这家餐馆的酱油很有特色。 zhè jiā cānguǎn de jiàngyóu hěn yǒu tèsè. - The soy sauce in this restaurant is very distinctive.
请给我一些酱油。 qǐng gěi wǒ yīxiē jiàngyóu. - Please pass me some soy sauce.
他往菜里加了一些酱油。 tā wǎng cài lǐ jiā le yīxiē jiàngyóu. - He added some soy sauce to the dish.
这瓶酱油已经快用完了。 zhè píng jiàngyóu yǐjīng kuài yòng wán le. - This bottle of soy sauce is almost finished.
你想要哪种酱油？生抽还是老抽？ nǐ xiǎng yào nǎ zhǒng jiàngyóu? shēngchōu háishì lǎochōu? - Which soy sauce do you want? Light or dark soy sauce?
Characters
油 yóu - oil, gas, greasy; to paint or varnish; be stained with oil; glib, oily |
酱 jiàng - sauce, thick sauce, paste |