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