Chinese word

汤

Pronunciation

Pinyintāng

Meaning

  • nounsoup

Example

他喝了一碗汤。tā hē le yì wǎn tāng

He drank a bowlful of soup.

Illustration for 汤 (soup)

More examples

这碗汤很热，等一会儿再喝。zhè wǎn tāng hěn rè děng yí huìr zài hē

This bowl of soup is very hot, so wait a while before drinking it.

Core concept

A warm, flavored liquid in which the taste of ingredients has been drawn out, from a bowl at the table to a base for another dish.

Common phrases

  • 热汤rè tāng

    hot soup

  • 鸡蛋汤jī dàn tāng

    egg soup

  • 汤里tāng lǐ

    in the soup

Similar words

汁zhī: Liquid that comes from food and can be drunk or used in cooking.

Definition in Chinese

用水煮肉、菜等食材得到的可以喝的热液体食品。yòng shuǐ zhǔ ròu cài děng shí cái dé dào de ké yǐ hē de rè yè tǐ shí pǐn

Word origin

汤 (tāng, "soup") is the simplified form of traditional 湯 (tāng, "hot water"); its older sense was hot water, and it later developed into liquid food made by cooking ingredients.

Usage tips

  • In Chinese meal descriptions, this word can name one shared dish among rice, vegetables, and meat, so it does not automatically mean a first course.

Other meanings

  • stocknoun

Related words

  • 汤面tāng miànsoup noodlesnoun

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