hoisin sauce

English

Etymology

Partial calque from Cantonese 海鮮醬／海鲜酱 (hoi2 sin1 zoeng3, literally “seafood sauce, sauce for seafood”).

Noun

hoisin sauce (countable and uncountable, plural hoisin sauces)

1. A thick, pungent, dark, sweet and salty sauce made from soy, garlic and chili, used in Chinese cooking.

Translations

sauce used in Chinese cooking

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 海鮮醬 / 海鲜酱 (hoi² sin¹ zoeng³)

  Mandarin: 海鮮醬 / 海鲜酱 (zh) (hǎixiānjiàng)

• Finnish: hoisin-kastike
• Japanese: ハイセンジャン (haisenjan)
• Khmer: ទឹកសៀង (tɨk siəng)
• Korean: 해선장 (haeseonjang)
• Latvian: Pekinas mērce f
• Russian: Хойсин f (Xojsin)
• Spanish: salsa hoisin f
• Thai: ซอสฮอยซิน
• Vietnamese: tương đen (vi), tương ngọt