甜酱 (tiánjiàng): sweet bean sauce

Meanings

1 sweet bean sauce
2 sweet soybean paste (tianmianjiang)

Characters

甜

Examples

吃烤鸭要蘸点儿甜酱。

Chī kǎoyā yào zhàn diǎnr tiánjiàng.

You need to dip Peking duck in a bit of sweet bean sauce.

这家店的炸酱面用的是甜酱。

Zhè jiā diàn de zhájiàngmiàn yòng de shì tiánjiàng.

This shop's zhajiang noodles use sweet bean sauce.

Tips

usage

甜酱 is the everyday name for 甜面酱 — a dark, slightly sweet fermented wheat-and-soy paste. It is the defining condiment for 北京烤鸭 and 炸酱面 in the north. Don't confuse it with 豆瓣酱 (spicy broad-bean paste) or 酱油 (soy sauce).