栗子 (lìzi) · chestnut

Measure Word

一个栗子 gè

Meanings

1 chestnut

About the ingredient

坚果 Nuts and seeds

Glossy brown nuts, sweet and soft like baked potato once cooked. Street vendors roast them in hot sand with sugar; they are also boiled, cooked in dishes and ground into flour for cakes.

Also called 板栗、栗

Used in 2 dishes

粽子 zòngzi

板栗红烧肉 bǎnlì hóngshāoròu

Characters

seed; small thing (noun suffix)

Examples

HSK 6

冬天的街头到处都是卖糖炒栗子的。

Dōngtiān de jiētóu dàochù dōu shì mài tángchǎo lìzi de.

In winter, street vendors selling sugar-roasted chestnuts are everywhere.

HSK 7-9

这些栗子又甜又糯。

Zhèxiē lìzi yòu tián yòu nuò.

These chestnuts are both sweet and soft.

Tips

culture

糖炒栗子 (sugar-roasted chestnuts) are an iconic Chinese street snack, especially popular in autumn and winter. Vendors roast them in huge woks with black sand and sugar.