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醬油
  zoeng3 jau4   jyutping
  jiang4 you2   pinyin
soya sauce; soy sauce. Cant.: 白油, 豉油, 抽油

noun

Level: 2   Google Frequency: 1,610,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
醬油 / 酱油

This word has been viewed 2300 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 zoeng3  -  paste, jam; sauce
 jau4  -  oil; fat; grease; petroleum

1 compounds containing this word:

打醬油 - buying soy sauce; none of my business
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