大豆 — meaning in English

English meaning

• soy noun A salty sauce made by fermenting soybeans, used widely in East Asian cooking.
• soybean noun A legume plant grown widely for its protein-rich seeds, used for food, oil, and animal feed.

Senses

大豆 is used for these senses in English:

• soy A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
• soybean The edible seed of this plant.

soy — full definition

1. noun A salty sauce made by fermenting soybeans, used widely in East Asian cooking.
2. noun Soybeans themselves, or protein and products derived from them.