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oyster_sauce

oyster sauce

English

Noun

oyster sauce ‎(plural oyster sauces)

a rich viscid sauce made from oysters and brine, used in Chinese cooking

Translations

sauce from oysters

Chinese:

Cantonese: 蠔油, 蚝油 ‎(hou⁴ jau⁴)

Mandarin: 蠔油 (zh), 蚝油 (zh) ‎(háoyóu)
Finnish: osterikastike
Indonesian: saus tiram
Japanese: 牡蠣油 ‎(かきあぶら, kakiabura), オイスターソース ‎(oisutā sōsu)

Korean: 굴 소스 ‎(gul soseu)
Lao:
Malay: sos tiram
Marathi: ऑय्स्टर सॉस m ‎(ǒysṭara sǒsa)
Portuguese: molho de ostras/ostra m
Russian: у́стричный со́ус m ‎(ústričnyj sóus)
Thai: ซอสหอยนางรม ‎(sot hoi nangrom) (formal), น้ำมันหอย (th) ‎(namman hoi) (informal)
Vietnamese: dầu hàu