🇬🇧🇨🇳 ketchup - 番茄酱 : English Lesson

Meaning of "ketchup" ("番茄酱"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Ketchup is a popular condiment made mainly from tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, and spices. It is smooth, sweet, and slightly tangy, making it a favorite topping for foods like French fries, hot dogs, and hamburgers.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I tried to pour a little ketchup on my fries, but now it looks like a crime scene.

My little brother eats ketchup with everything—even ice cream.

I squeezed the ketchup bottle too hard, and now my shirt looks like it lost a battle.

My dad says ketchup is for fries, but I saw him put it on his scrambled eggs—twice.

My friend doesn’t like ketchup, so I’m not sure we can still be friends.

At the picnic, Anna squeezes ketchup from the red bottle onto a burger; the thick, tomato ketchup plops and glows. She dips fries in ketchup, wipes a ketchup smear on her cheek, laughs, and pats her shirt. The picnic ends with sticky hands, happy faces, and one empty ketchup bottle.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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