萨尔萨

薩爾薩

sà'ěrsà

noun #34,995

Meanings

1 salsa (Latin music and dance style)
2 salsa (Mexican condiment)

Characters

phonetic (you, literary)

Examples

她学了三年的萨尔萨舞。

Tā xué le sān nián de sà'ěrsà wǔ.

She studied salsa dance for three years.

玉米片配萨尔萨酱很好吃。

Yùmǐpiàn pèi sà'ěrsà jiàng hěn hǎochī.

Tortilla chips with salsa are delicious.

Tips

usage

Phonetic loan from Spanish 'salsa' (sauce). Commonly appears as 萨尔萨舞 (sà'ěrsà wǔ, salsa dance) for the music/dance and 萨尔萨酱 (sà'ěrsà jiàng, salsa sauce) for the dip — Chinese disambiguates by adding a category noun rather than relying on context.

Stroke Order

萨 sà

尔 ěr