番茄酱

番茄醬

fānqiéjiàng

noun #8,226

Measure Word

一瓶番茄酱 píng

Meanings

1 ketchup; tomato sauce
2 tomato paste

Characters

foreign; tomato (in compounds)

eggplant; used in 番茄 for tomato

sauce; paste; jam

Tomato (番茄) + sauce (酱) - ketchup or tomato sauce.

Examples

HSK 1

请再给我一包番茄酱。

Qǐng zài gěi wǒ yī bāo fānqiéjiàng.

Please give me another packet of ketchup.

HSK 2

这道菜用了很多番茄酱。

Zhè dào cài yòng le hěnduō fānqiéjiàng.

This dish uses a lot of tomato sauce.

HSK 7-9

薯条要蘸番茄酱才好吃。

Shǔtiáo yào zhàn fānqiéjiàng cái hǎochī.

Fries taste good only when dipped in ketchup.

Tips

usage

番茄酱 can refer to both ketchup (the sweet condiment) and tomato paste/sauce used in cooking. In mainland China, 番茄 is the standard word for tomato; in Taiwan, 蕃茄 (with the grass radical) is also seen.

Stroke Order

番 fān

茄 qié

酱 jiàng