甜面酱

甜麵醬
tiánmiànjiàng
noun #68,368

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
Chī kǎoyā yídìng yào zhàn tiánmiànjiàng.
Eating roast duck, you have to dip it in sweet bean sauce.
HSK 7-9
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 (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).

Stroke Order

tián
miàn
jiàng