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豆鼓醤 (トウチジャン) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

豆鼓醤とうちじゃん

Meanings

1

noun

black bean sauce

food / cooking

A Chinese-style fermented black bean sauce used in cooking, especially in Sichuan cuisine. The Japanese name is derived from Chinese dòuchǐjiàng.

from Chinese dòuchǐjiàng

麻婆まーぼー豆腐どうふには豆鼓醤とうちじゃんが欠かかせない。
Black bean sauce is essential for mapo tofu.
この炒いため物ものにトウチジャンを少すこし加くわえると風ふう味みが増ます。
Adding a little black bean sauce to this stir-fry enhances the flavor.

Written forms

豆鼓醤とうちじゃん
Standard kanji spelling for this Chinese-style black bean sauce.
豆豉醤とうちじゃん
Variant kanji spelling using 豉 instead of 鼓; both are used.
トウチ醤じゃん
Mixed kana-kanji spelling commonly seen on product labels.

Kanji

豆beans, pea, midget
鼓

drum, beat, rouse

醤a kind of miso

豉fermented beans

Similar words

甜麺醤てんめんじゃん
甜麺醤 is a sweet wheat-based sauce, while 豆鼓醤 is a salty fermented black bean sauce.
豆板醤とーばんじゃん
豆板醤 is a chili bean paste, often spicy, whereas 豆鼓醤 is a black bean sauce with a milder, savory flavor.

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 豆豉醬 (dòuchǐjiàng), meaning fermented black bean sauce. The Japanese reading トウチジャン reflects the Chinese pronunciation.