tausi
tausi noun: salted black beans.
Noun
tausi (uncountable)
- Salted black beans.
- Foods with high sodium content (not allowed or limited in high blood pressure): […] beans with added salt such as tausi, tahure, misu; […]1979, Sugar News, volume 55, Manila, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43, column 2
- Other additions: salted duck eggs, tomatoes, tausi [salted black beans], and garlic2012, Amy Besa, Romy Dorotan, “Chilled Lobster Kinilaw”, in Memories of Philippine Kitchens: Stories and Recipes from Far and Near, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, →ISBN...
Examples of tausi in a sentence
- At Fely J’s, the dilis or dried mini anchovies are crisp fried with a slight hint of tausi and served atop hot steaming jasmine rice.2014 November, Claude Tayag, Mary Ann Quioc, “Dilis-cious rice”, in Linamnam: Eating One’s Way Around the Philippines, 2nd edition...
- 2 Tablespoons tausi salted black beans […] Once the onion softens, add vinegar, tahure and tausi.2022 March 7–13, “Tochong Bangus”, in Mindanao Examiner, Mindanao, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2025, page 9, columns 3–4:
Origin of tausi
From Tagalog tausi, from Hokkien 豆豉 (tāu-sī). Doublet of douchi.
Questions about tausi
- What does tausi mean?
- Tausi means salted black beans.
- How do you use tausi in a sentence?
- At Fely J’s, the dilis or dried mini anchovies are crisp fried with a slight hint of tausi and served atop hot steaming jasmine rice.
- What part of speech is tausi?
- Tausi is a noun.
Words near tausi in the dictionary
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