喼汁

Chinese

		phonetic	juice; sauce
trad. (喼汁)		喼	汁
simp. #(喼汁)		喼	汁
alternative forms		刦汁

Etymology

Partial phono-semantic matching of English ketchup / catsup (Cheung, 2007). Doublet of 茄汁 (qiézhī, “ketchup”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gip¹ zap¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gip¹ zap¹
    • Yale: gīp jāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gip⁷ dzap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gib¹ zeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːp̚⁵ t͡sɐp̚⁵/

Noun

喼汁

1. (Cantonese) Worcestershire sauce

   • 把生抽、喼汁、茄汁、芥辣、糖和鹽拌勻成醬汁，備用。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     把生抽、喼汁、茄汁、芥辣、糖和盐拌匀成酱汁，备用。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2014, 陳紀臨 and 方曉嵐, 《陳家廚坊：最愛香港菜 1》 [Hong Kong Favourites by Chan's Kitchen 1], page 31

     baa² saang¹ cau¹, gip¹ zap¹, ke^4-2 zap¹, gaai³ laat⁶, tong⁴ wo⁴ jim⁴ bun⁶ wan⁴ sing⁴ zoeng³ zap¹, bei⁶ jung⁶. [Jyutping]

     Mix the light soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, mustard, sugar and salt together into a sauce, and leave it for use later.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 辣醬油 (“Worcestershire sauce”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		辣醬油 Mainland China, 伍斯特醬 Taiwan
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	伍斯特醬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喼汁
	Hong Kong	喼汁
	Dongguan	喼汁
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	喼汁
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛豆油
Wu	Shanghai	辣醬油