酱油
Old HSK 5
酱油 (jiàngyóu) · soy sauce
酱油 (jiàngyóu) means “soy sauce”. It is written with 2 characters: 酱 (sauce) + 油 (oil). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 酱油 is built
The characters
酱 jiàng · sauce
What 酱 is made of
- 丬qiáng — half of tree trunk
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冫bīng — ice
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 酉yǒu — wine
- 兀wù — weak
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 兀wù — weak
油 yóu · oil
What 油 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 由yóu — cause
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 由 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
菜里放一点儿酱油。Cài lǐ fàng yìdiǎnr jiàngyóu.Add a little soy sauce to the dish.
酱油用完了，去买一瓶吧。Jiàngyóu yòng wán le, qù mǎi yī píng ba.We're out of soy sauce; go buy a bottle.
Questions about 酱油
What does 酱油 mean?
酱油 (jiàngyóu) means “soy sauce”.
How do you pronounce 酱油?
酱油 is pronounced jiàngyóu.
Which HSK level is 酱油?
酱油 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 加油jiāyóucome on!
- 石油shíyóuoil
- 加油站jiāyóuzhàngas station
- 汽油qìyóugasoline
- 油炸yóuzháto deep-fry
- 柴油cháiyóudiesel fuel
- 油腻yóunìgreasy
- 油漆yóuqīpaint
- 油yóuoil
Learn 酱油 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 49: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.