Phrase guide

five-spice powder

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A ground mixture of five varieties of spice used in Chinese, East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. One common mixture contains star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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History

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 五香粉 (wǔxiāngfěn).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: တရုတ်မဆလာ (ta.rutma.hca.la) — ground mixture
  • Catalan: cinc espècies — ground mixture
  • Catalan: pols de cinc espècies — ground mixture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五香粉 (wǔxiāngfěn) — ground mixture
  • Finnish: viismauste — ground mixture
  • Greek: μείγμα πέντε μπαχαρικών (meígma pénte bacharikón) — ground mixture
  • Japanese: 五香粉 (gokōfun) — ground mixture
  • Japanese: 五香粉 (ūshanfen) — ground mixture
  • Japanese: 五香粉 (ūshanfun) — ground mixture
  • Korean: 오향분 (ohyangbun) — ground mixture
  • Vietnamese: bột ngũ vị hương — ground mixture
  • Vietnamese: ngũ vị hương — ground mixture