甜豉油

Pronunciation
English Name

sweet soy sauce

Cantonese (Traditional)

甜豉油

Simplified Chinese

甜酱油

Mandarin (Pinyin)

tián jiàng yóu


Yale Romanization

tìhm sih yàuh

Character Breakdown

is sweet, is salted fermented beans and is oil (also used in 香油 sesame oil), so 豉油 is sweet salted fermented bean oil.

sweet soy sauce
About This Dish

Sweet soy sauce conists mostly of wheat, so it's also known as Tianmian sauce, which means sweet flour sauce, and not suprisingly very thick, so it's also known as sweet wheat paste.

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Yale:
tìhm sih yàuh