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Chinese symbol for “salsa”

莎莎酱
shā shā jiàng
Traditional: 莎莎醬
(loanword) salsa (sauce)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for salsa is 莎莎酱 (shā shā jiàng), defined as: (loanword) salsa (sauce).

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Characters and stroke order

莎 shā
a kind of sedge grass that used to be woven into raincoats
radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes
莎
莎 shā
a kind of sedge grass that used to be woven into raincoats
radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes
酱 jiàng
sauce, paste, jam
radical 164 ⾣ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “salsa”

WordPinyinMeaning
莎莎舞shā shā wǔsalsa (dance)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 莎莎酱.

WordPinyinMeaning
莎草suō cǎococo-grass; nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
莎丽 (莎麗)shā lìsari (loanword)
玛莎拉 (瑪莎拉)mǎ shā lā(loanword) masala
莎莎舞shā shā wǔsalsa (dance)
阿莎力ā shā lì(coll.) straightforward; unreserved
酱油 (醬油)jiàng yóusoy sauce
果酱 (果醬)guǒ jiàngjam
番茄酱 (番茄醬)fān qié jiàngketchup; tomato sauce

See also: Japanese symbol for “salsa”.

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.