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番茄酱

fān qié jiàngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
ketchup / tomato sauce
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-bcb17f3213b8f5a6. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

番茄醬 番茄酱 [fan1 qie2 jiang4] /ketchup/tomato sauce/

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Other forms in these source records: 番茄醬

  • 番
    fān

    (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fān] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fān yī fān] "to double")

    Pān

    surname Pan

  • 茄
    jiā

    phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jiá] is more common

    qié

    eggplant

  • 酱
    jiàng

    thick paste of fermented soybean / marinated in soy paste / paste / jam

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.