火腿, photo 1 of 2
火腿, photo 2 of 2

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Jamón ibérico de bellota Gran Reserva Or
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Guanbirra
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Wikimedia Commons
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Ham (4)
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Renee Comet (Photographer)
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

火腿

huǒtuǐ
noun HSK 7-9 #6,271

Measure Word

一块火腿 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 ham

About the ingredient

肉类 Meat

In Chinese cooking, a whole dry-cured pork leg, hard and very salty, used a little at a time to flavour soups, stocks and steamed dishes. Sliced cooked ham for sandwiches goes by the same name.

Characters

Fire-treated leg - meat cured or smoked with fire.

Examples

HSK 4
Wǒ xiǎng yào yí ge huǒtuǐ sānmíngzhì.
I'd like a ham sandwich.
HSK 6
Huǒtuǐcháng shì hěn shòu huānyíng de língshí.
Ham sausage is a very popular snack.
HSK 7-9
Jīnhuá huǒtuǐ shì Zhōngguó zuì yǒumíng de huǒtuǐ.
Jinhua ham is the most famous ham in China.

Tips

usage
火腿肠 (huǒtuǐ cháng) is processed ham sausage - a ubiquitous Chinese snack sold everywhere. Different from actual cured ham.

Stroke Order

火 huǒ
腿 tuǐ