XO醬

Chinese

			jam; thick sauce
trad. (XO醬)		XO	醬
simp. (XO酱)		XO	酱

Etymology

From English XO (“extra old (cognac)”) + 醬／酱 (jiàng, “sauce”). The name refers to XO cognac because it denotes high quality, prestige, and luxury in Hong Kong, and probably because the sauce resembles cognac in colour.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àikèsī'ōujiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄡ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ik¹ si⁴ ou¹ zoeng³ / ik¹ sou¹ zoeng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: XO-jiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄡ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àikèsih-oujiàng
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-kʻo⁴-ssŭ¹-ou¹-chiang⁴
    • Yale: ài-kè-sz̄-ōu-jyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aykehsyoujianq
    • Palladius: айкэсыоуцзян (ajkɛsyouczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ik¹ si⁴ ou¹ zoeng³ / ik¹ sou¹ zoeng³
    • Yale: īk sìh ōu jeung / īk sōu jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ik⁷ si⁴ ou¹ dzoeng³ / ik⁷ sou¹ dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ig¹ xi⁴ ou¹ zêng³ / ig¹ sou¹ zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɪk̚⁵ siː²¹ ou̯⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³/, /ɪk̚⁵ sou̯⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³/

Noun

XO醬

1. XO sauce