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酸菜

Word · Noun

pickled Chinese cabbage; sauerkraut

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

noun

pickled Chinese cabbage; fermented sour vegetables (traditionally made from napa cabbage)

Particularly refers to Northeastern Chinese style pickled cabbage (东北酸菜), though also used for similar fermented vegetables. Essential ingredient in dishes like 酸菜鱼 (fish with pickled cabbage) and 酸菜炖粉条 (braised pickled cabbage with vermicelli).

Dōng东
běi北
rén人
dōng冬
tiān天
cháng常
chī吃
suān酸
cài菜
dùn炖
fěn粉
tiáo条
 。

Northeasterners often eat braised pickled cabbage with vermicelli in winter.

Zhè这
jiā家
cān餐
tīng厅
de的
suān酸
cài菜
yú鱼
zuò做
de得
tè特
bié别
zhèng正
zōng宗
 。

This restaurant makes very authentic fish with pickled cabbage.

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Mā妈
ma妈
zì自
ji己
yān腌
le了
yī一
tán坛
suān酸
cài菜
 。

Mom pickled a jar of sour vegetables herself.

Suān酸
cài菜
xiàn馅
de的
jiǎo饺
zi子
hěn很
hǎo好
chī吃
 。

Dumplings stuffed with pickled cabbage are delicious.