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Chinese symbol for “marinade”

腌汁
yān zhī
Traditional: 醃汁
marinade (sauce)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for marinade is 腌汁 (yān zhī), defined as: marinade (sauce).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

腌 yān
to salt, to cure; to pickle, to marinate
radical 130 ⾁ · 12 strokes
汁 zhī
juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce
radical 85 ⽔ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “marinade”

WordPinyinMeaning
腌泡 (醃泡)yān pàoto marinade
卤水 (鹵水)lǔ shuǐbrine; bittern
卤汁 (滷汁)lǔ zhīgravy; marinade

Related words

Other words that share a character with 腌汁.

WordPinyinMeaning
腌制 (腌製)yān zhìmarinated; to make by pickling, salting or curing
腌渍 (醃漬)yān zìto pickle; cured
腌肉 (醃肉)yān ròusalt pork; bacon
腌臜 (腌臢)ā zādirty; filthy
腌货 (腌貨)yān huòpickles
果汁guǒ zhīfruit juice
多汁duō zhīsucculent; juicy
绞尽脑汁 (絞盡腦汁)jiǎo jìn nǎo zhīto rack one's brains

See also: Japanese symbol for “marinade”.

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.

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