糖醋 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tángcù

sweet and sour

táng sugar

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 唐 represents the sound.

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

唐 Sound component

táng exaggerate

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dang	C.lˤaŋ (no pre-Qín exx)	sugar

《說文新附》：“糖，飴也。从米，唐聲。”

Aged 昔 wine 酉; wine gone sour

酉 Meaning component

yǒu wine

昔 Meaning component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sʰaːɡs

客酌主人也。从酉昔聲。