sweet-and-sour sauce

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sweet-and-sour sauce (countable and uncountable, plural sweet-and-sour sauces)

1. (cooking) A sticky sauce used in Chinese cuisine that tastes both sugary and tart.

Translations

sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 甜酸醬／甜酸酱 (tim⁴ syun¹ zoeng³)

  Mandarin: 糖醋醬／糖醋酱 (tángcùjiàng), 酸甜醬／酸甜酱 (suāntiánjiàng)

• Czech: sladkokyselá omáčka
• Finnish: hapanimeläkastike
• French: sauce aigre-douce f
• German: süßsauer Soße f
• Hungarian: édes-savanyú mártás
• Icelandic: súrsæt sósa f
• Russian: ки́сло-сла́дкий со́ус m (kíslo-sládkij sóus)
• Swedish: sötsur sås c