"five-spice powder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: five-spice powders [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 五香粉 (wǔxiāngfěn). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque of Chinese, {{zh-l|五香粉}} 五香粉 (wǔxiāngfěn) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} five-spice powder (usually uncountable, plural five-spice powders)
  1. A ground mixture of five varieties of spice used in Chinese, East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Translations (ground mixture): တရုတ်မဆလာ (ta.rutma.hca.la) (Burmese), 五香粉 (wǔxiāngfěn) (Chinese Mandarin), viismauste (Finnish), μείγμα πέντε μπαχαρικών (meígma pénte bacharikón) [neuter] (Greek), 五香粉 (gokōfun) (Japanese), 五香粉 (ūshanfen) (Japanese), 五香粉 (ūshanfun) (Japanese), 오향분 (ohyangbun) (Korean), bột ngũ vị hương (Vietnamese), ngũ vị hương (Vietnamese)

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