甜面酱 (tiánmiànjiàng) · sweet bean sauce

Measure Word

一瓶甜面酱 píng

Meanings

1 sweet bean sauce
2 sweet flour paste (fermented wheat sauce)

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

A thick, glossy, dark brown paste of fermented wheat flour, sweet with a salty edge. It is a dip for roast duck and scallions and is fried with 黄酱, soybean paste, for the sauce of 炸酱面.

Contains wheat

Also called 甜酱

Used in 10 dishes

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

吃烤鸭一定要蘸甜面酱。

Chī kǎoyā yídìng yào zhàn tiánmiànjiàng.

Eating roast duck, you have to dip it in sweet bean sauce.

HSK 7-9

妈妈用甜面酱炒了一盘京酱肉丝。

Māma yòng tiánmiànjiàng chǎo le yì pán jīngjiàngròusī.

Mom stir-fried a plate of Beijing-style pork shreds with sweet bean sauce.

Tips

culture

Despite the name 甜 (sweet), it is only mildly sweet and mainly savoury-umami, a fermented wheat flour paste, essential for 北京烤鸭 and 京酱肉丝. Not to be confused with 豆瓣酱 (spicy broad-bean paste).