肉粽 (ròuzòng) · pork zongzi, pork sticky rice dumpling

Measure Word

一个肉粽 gè

Meanings

1 pork zongzi
2 pork sticky rice dumpling

Made with

About the dish

浙菜 Zhejiang · 小吃 Snack

Glutinous rice and a piece of soy-marinated fatty pork, often pork belly, wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves and boiled for hours. Savoury, sticky and rich. Unwrap it first; the leaves are not eaten.

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

肉粽里面包的是五花肉和糯米。

Ròuzòng lǐmian bāo de shì wǔhuāròu hé nuòmǐ.

Pork zongzi have pork belly and sticky rice wrapped inside.

HSK 7-9

端午节到了，超市里到处都在卖肉粽。

Duānwǔjié dào le, chāoshì lǐ dàochù dōu zài mài ròuzòng.

The Dragon Boat Festival is here, and supermarkets everywhere are selling pork zongzi.

Tips

culture

Northern China mostly eats sweet zongzi filled with red dates or bean paste. Savory 肉粽 are a southern taste, and which kind is better is argued over every Dragon Boat Festival.