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酱

jiàng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 醬

What 酱 means

1. thick paste of fermented soybean
2. marinated in soy paste
3. paste
4. jam

Example sentences

• 我吃了鱼子酱。
  Wǒ chī le yúzǐjiàng.
  I ate caviar.
• 记得买蛋黄酱。
  Jìde mǎi dànhuángjiàng.
  Remember to buy mayo.
• 她用苹果做了果酱。
  Tā yòng píngguǒ zuò le guǒjiàng.
  She used apples to do the jam.
• 她用苹果来做果酱。
  Tā yòng píngguǒ lái zuò guǒjiàng.
  She used the apples to make the jam.
• 不是血，是番茄酱。
  Bù shì xuè, shì fānqiéjiàng.
  It's not blood - it's ketchup.
• 混合米、蛋跟酱油。
  Hùnhé mǐ, dàn gēn jiàngyóu.
  Mix the rice and eggs with soy sauce.

Words starting with 酱

• 酱油jiàng yóusoy sauce
• 酱紫jiàng zǐdark reddish purple; Internet slang abbr. for 这样子
• 酱料jiàng liàosauce
• 酱瓜jiàng guāpickled cucumber
• 酱油膏jiàng yóu gāothickened soy sauce

Words containing 酱

• 果酱guǒ jiàngjam
• 炸酱面zhá jiàng miànzhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented…
• 辣椒酱là jiāo jiàngred pepper paste; chili sauce
• 番茄酱fān qié jiàngketchup; tomato sauce
• 抹酱mǒ jiàngspread (food)
• 混酱hùn jiàngmixed sauce; (Mexican cuisine) mole
• 肉酱ròu jiàngminced meat sauce; (fig.) mincemeat; a person cut to pieces
• 青酱qīng jiànggreen sauce; pesto (loosely used for sauces made with green herbs)
• 麻酱má jiàngsesame paste
• 黄酱huáng jiàngyellow soybean paste (fermented and salted)
• 凯撒酱Kǎi sā jiàngCaesar salad dressing
• 塔塔酱tǎ tǎ jiàngtartar sauce
• 涂抹酱tú mǒ jiàngspread (for putting on bread etc)
• 打酱油dǎ jiàng yóuto buy soy sauce; it's none of my business ("I’m just here to buy some soy sauce")
• 果子酱guǒ zi jiàngmarmalade; jellied fruit
• 沙拉酱shā lā jiàngsalad dressing
• 海鲜酱hǎi xiān jiànghoisin sauce (barbecue sauce); seafood sauce
• 烤肉酱kǎo ròu jiàngbarbecue sauce
• 烧烤酱shāo kǎo jiàngbarbecue sauce
• 色拉酱sè lā jiàngsalad dressing
• 芝麻酱zhī ma jiàngsesame paste
• 花生酱huā shēng jiàngpeanut butter
• 莎莎酱shā shā jiàng(loanword) salsa (sauce)
• 苹果酱píng guǒ jiàngapple sauce; apple jam

Characters built on 丬

These share the phonetic component 丬 (qiáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 将jiāngwill; shall; to use
• 奖jiǎngprize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award…
• 浆jiāngthick liquid; to starch
• 桨jiǎngoar; paddle

Characters that look like 酱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 普pǔgeneral; popular; everywhere
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 裔yì(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 蓬péngfleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 蓓bèiused in 蓓蕾
• 蔷qiángused in 蔷薇

Sounds the same

Read jiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 降to drop; to fall; to come down
• 匠craftsman
• 将(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead…
• 绛purple-red
• 强stubborn; unyielding
• 糨(of soup, paste etc) thick
• 弶snare; to snare
• 洚flood
• 浆variant of 糨
• 犟variant of 强
• 匞old variant of 匠
• 夅old variant of 降