zhajiangmian

Chinese #

Cantonese #

炸醬麵

Pronunciation ( Yale) #

ja jeung mihn

Wiktionary #

炸醬麵, 炸醬, 炸, 醬, 麵

Mandarin #

炸醬麵

Pronunciation ( Mandarin) #

zhá jiàng miàn

Wiktionary #

炸醬麵, 炸醬, 炸, 醬, 麵

Simplified #

炸酱面

Wiktionary #

炸酱面, 炸酱, 炸, 酱, 面

Description #

Zhajiangmian, the Mandarin pronunciation of this dish, consists of noodles topped with a thick soybean sauce. Although it originated in Shandong, there are popular variations in other regions (notably Beijing, which mixes yellow soybean paste into the sauce), and countries ( Jajangmyeon in Korea, Jajamen in Japan).

Characters #

炸醬 is fried soybean sauce ( 炸 is fried and 醬 is sauce). 麵 is noodles, so 炸醬麵 is fried sauce noodles.

References #

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