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Chinese symbol for “chutney”

酸辣酱
suān là jiàng
Traditional: 酸辣醬
hot and sour sauce; chutney

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chutney is 酸辣酱 (suān là jiàng), defined as: hot and sour sauce; chutney.

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Characters and stroke order

酸 suān
tart, sour; spoiled; acid
radical 164 ⾣ · 14 strokes
辣 là
pepper; hot, spicy; cruel
radical 160 ⾟ · 14 strokes
酱 jiàng
sauce, paste, jam
radical 164 ⾣ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 酸辣酱.

WordPinyinMeaning
氨基酸ān jī suānamino acid
酸性suān xìngacidity
硫酸liú suānsulfuric acid
酸奶suān nǎiyogurt
核酸hé suānnucleic acid; (coll.) nucleic acid test (abbr. for 核酸检测 (hé suān jiǎn cè))
硝酸xiāo suānnitric acid
辣椒là jiāohot pepper; chili
辣妹là mèihot chick; sexy girl
酱油 (醬油)jiàng yóusoy sauce

See also: Japanese symbol for “chutney”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.