烤香肠 (kǎoxiāngcháng) · grilled sausage

Measure Word

一根烤香肠 gēn

Meanings

1 grilled sausage

Made with

About the dish

Pork sausage grilled until glossy and a little charred, best known as the slightly sweet Taiwanese night-market kind, often eaten with raw garlic. Mainland stalls more often sell 烤肠, a smooth hot-dog-style sausage.

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Examples

HSK 5

烤香肠有点儿甜，是台湾夜市的小吃。

Kǎoxiāngcháng yǒudiǎnr tián, shì Táiwān yèshì de xiǎochī.

Grilled sausage is a little sweet; it is a Taiwanese night-market snack.

HSK 7-9

在台湾，很多人吃烤香肠时会配一瓣生蒜。

Zài Táiwān, hěnduō rén chī kǎoxiāngcháng shí huì pèi yí bàn shēng suàn.

In Taiwan, many people eat grilled sausage with a clove of raw garlic.

Tips

mistakes

On the mainland, street stalls and convenience stores more often sell 烤肠, a smooth hot-dog-style sausage turned on heated rollers, not the sweet pork sausage grilled over charcoal at Taiwanese night markets.