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Photo
Bacon (8159047232)
By
cyclonebill from Copenhagen, Denmark
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Bacon and meat mallet on a kitchen table
By
Shixart1985
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CC BY 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

培根

péigēn
noun #10,872

Measure Word

一片培根 piàn

Meanings

  1. 1 bacon

About the ingredient

肉类 Meat

Thin rashers of smoked, salt-cured pork, Western style, sold in packs in supermarkets. Fried for breakfast, and used in sandwiches and pasta.

Also called  烟肉

Characters

培
péi
to cultivate (phonetic)
根
gēn
root (phonetic)
Phonetic transliteration of 'bacon.'

Examples

HSK 4
早餐我想吃培根和鸡蛋。
Zǎocān wǒ xiǎng chī péigēn hé jīdàn.
I want bacon and eggs for breakfast.
HSK 5
这个汉堡加了培根。
Zhège hànbǎo jiā le péigēn.
This burger has bacon added.

Tips

usage
培根 is a loanword from English 'bacon.' It also transliterates the surname Bacon, as in Francis Bacon (弗朗西斯·培根).

Stroke Order

培 péi
根 gēn