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sweet-and-sour sauce

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A sticky sauce used in Chinese cuisine that tastes both sugary and tart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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History

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 甜酸醬 /甜酸酱 (tiánsuānjiàng, literally “sweet sour sauce”).

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 甜酸醬 /甜酸酱 (tim4 syun1 zoeng3) — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糖醋醬 /糖醋酱 (tángcùjiàng) — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酸甜醬 /酸甜酱 (suāntiánjiàng) — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • Czech: sladkokyselá omáčka — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • Finnish: hapanimeläkastike — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • French: sauce aigre-douce — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • German: süßsauer Soße — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • Hungarian: édes-savanyú mártás — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • Icelandic: súrsæt sósa — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • Russian: ки́сло-сла́дкий со́ус (kíslo-sládkij sóus) — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart
  • Swedish: sötsur sås — sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart