沙拉碗

shālāwǎn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 salad bowl

Examples

Tā duān chū yī ge mùzhì shālāwǎn.
She brought out a wooden salad bowl.
Zhège shālāwǎn gòu quán jiā rén chī.
This salad bowl is big enough for the whole family.

Tips

culture
沙拉 is a phonetic loan of 'salad'. In Taiwan it's often written or 色拉. Cold raw-vegetable salads are a Western import—traditional Chinese cuisine prefers vegetables blanched, stir-fried, or pickled rather than raw.

Stroke Order

shā
wǎn