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沙茶

沙茶

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	tea; tea plant
simp. and trad. (沙茶)		沙	茶

Noun

沙茶

satay sauce (a southeast Asian peanut-based sauce)
shacha sauce (a Chinese sauce adapted from satay sauce)

See also

花生醬／花生酱 (huāshēngjiàng)
沙嗲 (shādiǎ)
沙爹 (shādiē)

Etymology

Borrowing from Malay sate ‎(“satay”) via Min Nan.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shāchá

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄔㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ caa⁴
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): sa-te

(Teochew, Peng'im): sa¹ dê⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shāchá
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄔㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shachar
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰa̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa¹ caa⁴
  - Yale: sā chàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ tsaa⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-te
  - Tâi-lô: sa-te
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sa'def
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² te⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³ te³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sa⁴⁴⁻²² te⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ te⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ te⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sa¹ dê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sa tê
  - IPA ^(key): /sa³³⁻²³ te⁵⁵/