tahini

ericmacknight
 July 06, 2008, 12:07 AM posted in General Discussion

Does anyone know what tahini (sesame paste) is in Chinese? Both pinyin and hanyu would be helpful, if possible.

Thanks!

Eric

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sushan
 July 06, 2008, 01:03 AM

Tahini specifically refers to the Middle Eastern sesame paste, but there is something very similar in China called 芝麻酱 zhi1majiang4 (literal meaning is sesame paste).