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How to Write "Soy Sauce" in Chinese Symbols

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Summary: Learn how to write "Soy Sauce" in Chinese Symbols with expert tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters in this free language lesson video clip.

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Xi Chen got her Certificate of Teaching Chinese As a Foreign Language in 2005, one of less than 5,000 certificate holders across China. Recently, she was newly appointed program...read more

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"Now, let me teach you the Chinese word for "soy sauce". "Jiang you". "You" here the second term. We have learned both characters independently. "Jiang" means "sauce", and "you" means "oil". "Jiang you", "sauce oil" literally. When they're used together, it means "soy oil". And Chinese people use a lot of soy oil when we are cooking. Okay, so because you have already learned these two characters before let's just write them. "You", here is the pronunciation part. Okay, again. "Jiang". The food radical below. Okay, "jiang you", "soy oil". "

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