hot and sour soup

noun

Any one of several soups, served in various Asian cuisines, which are both spicy and sour.

Meanings

nounhot and sour soup (countable and uncountable, plural hot and sour soups)

plural hot and sour soups

  1. countableuncountableAny one of several soups, served in various Asian cuisines, which are both spicy and sour.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 酸辣湯 /酸辣汤
  • 酸辣湯 /酸辣汤 (syun¹ laat⁶ tong¹)Asian soup
Chinese Mandarin 酸辣湯 /酸辣汤
  • 酸辣湯 /酸辣汤 (suānlàtāng)Asian soup
Japanese 酸辣湯
  • 酸辣湯 (sanrātan)Asian soup
Polish zupa ostro-kwaśna
  • zupa ostro-kwaśnaAsian soup
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