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hoisin.

A sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɔɪ.sɪn//ˈhɔɪ.zən/
  1. A sauce made from soy, garlic, chili etc, used in Chinese cooking

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Cantonese 海鮮 /海鲜 (hoi² sin¹), literally "seafood", though the sauce contains no seafood ingredients.

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