辣酱油 (là jiàng yóu) — Worcestershire sauce (Chinese-style tangy, slig… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Worcestershire sauce (Chinese-style tangy, slightly spicy condiment)

Measure word · 瓶

Examples

辣酱油。
Wǒ zài chāo shì mǎi le yì píng là jiàng yóu.
I bought a bottle of Worcestershire sauce at the supermarket.
辣酱油。
Zhè dào cài xū yào jiā yì diǎn là jiàng yóu cái hǎo chī.
This dish needs a little Worcestershire sauce to taste good.
辣酱油，。
là jiàng yóu De wèi dào yòu suān yòu là, hěn kāi wèi.
The Worcestershire sauce tastes both sour and spicy, very appetizing.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

酱油soy sauce

酱jiàngsauce油yóuoil

偏正Modifier + head

辣 means spicy, 酱 means sauce, and 油 means oil, giving the sense of a spicy sauce.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辛束辣

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

束

剌là辣là

Same sound today

辣 is built from 辛, which carries the meaning, and 束, written in full as 剌, which carries the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 醬; 酱 is its simplified writing.

將酉醬

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒudrink

Sound part声符shēngfú

將

將jiāng醬jiàng

Same sound today

The traditional form 醬 pairs 將, which suggests the sound, with 酉, a drink; the simplified 酱 is a later abbreviation.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

氵由油

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

由yóu油yóu

Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

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