色拉酱

色拉醬
sèlājiàng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 salad dressing
  2. 2 mayonnaise-based salad sauce

Examples

Qǐng gěi wǒ yīdiǎn sèlājiàng.
Please give me some salad dressing.
Tā zuò sānmíngzhì shí xǐhuān jiā sèlājiàng.
She likes to add salad dressing when making sandwiches.

Tips

usage
色拉 (sèlā) is a phonetic transliteration of English 'salad', so 色拉酱 ≈ 'salad-sauce'. The synonym 沙拉酱 (shālājiàng) is also widespread — 色拉 is more common in Shanghai/Taiwan usage, 沙拉 elsewhere. Both are interchangeable.
memory
(jiàng) is the all-purpose Chinese suffix for thick sauces and pastes: 番茄酱 (fānqiéjiàng, ketchup), 果酱 (guǒjiàng, jam), 豆瓣酱 (dòubànjiàng, fermented bean paste). Once you know , you can guess most condiment names on a menu.

Stroke Order

jiàng