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醬

简酱 · 繁醬

Mandarin · pinyin jiàng

thick paste of fermented soybean
marinated in soy paste
paste
jam

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酱: jiàng · any jam-like or paste-like food

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zoeng3

Cantonese word readings for 醬. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

sauce or paste made of fermented beans, flour, etc.
thick sauce; jam
to cook in soy sauce
(Hong Kong Cantonese) short for 花生醬

character · Etymology 2

(ACG, Internet slang) -chan

character · Etymology 3

(Taiwan, Malaysia or Internet slang) (in) this way
(Malaysia) then; in that case

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