烤玉米 (kǎoyùmǐ) · grilled corn, roasted corn on the cob

Meanings

1 grilled corn
2 roasted corn on the cob

Made with

About the dish

An ear of corn grilled over charcoal and brushed with butter or a barbecue or chili sauce, sometimes dusted with chili powder. It may be chewy waxy corn rather than sweet corn. Ask for no chili (不要辣) if you want it plain.

Usually contains milk

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

我更喜欢烤玉米，不喜欢煮玉米。

Wǒ gèng xǐhuan kǎoyùmǐ, bù xǐhuan zhǔyùmǐ.

I prefer grilled corn over boiled corn.

HSK 7-9

夜市上烤玉米刷着酱料，香气四溢。

Yèshì shàng kǎoyùmǐ shuā zhe jiàngliào, xiāngqì sìyì.

At the night market, grilled corn was brushed with sauce, the aroma wafting everywhere.

Tips

culture

Chinese 烤玉米 is typically brushed with soy sauce, chili, or cumin rather than butter - a sharp contrast with American or Mexican versions. It's a fixture of 撸串 (skewer-grilling) stalls and night markets from Beijing to Kunming.