XO醤

Japanese

Kanji in this term
醤
じゃん Hyōgaiji
irregular

Alternative spelling
XO醬 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin XO醬／XO酱 (àikèsī'ōujiàng), from Cantonese XO醬／XO酱, from English XO and Sinitic 醬／酱.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エックスオ​ージャン [èkkúsúóꜜòjàǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [e̞k̚kɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝo̞ːʑã̠ɴ]

Noun

XO醤(エックスオージャン) • (ekkusu-ō-jan) 

1. XO sauce