SOY


Meaning of SOY in English

■ noun

1》 (also ~ sauce ) a sauce made with fermented ~a beans, used in Chinese and Japanese cooking.

2》 another term for ~a .

Origin

from Japanese shō-yu , from Chin. shi-yu , from shi 'salted beans' + yu 'oil'.

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