腊肉 (làròu) · cured meat, preserved pork, Chinese bacon

Measure Word

一块腊肉 kuài

Meanings

1 cured meat
2 preserved pork
3 Chinese bacon

About the ingredient

Pork, often belly, salted and then air-dried or smoked until hard; smoked pieces turn dark. Sliced and steamed, or stir-fried with garlic shoots, bamboo shoots or bitter melon, above all in Hunan and Sichuan.

Used in 3 dishes

煲仔饭 bāozǎifàn

干锅茶树菇 gānguō cháshùgū

萝卜干炒腊肉 luóbogān chǎo làròu

Characters

腊

là

12th lunar month; cured

肉

ròu

meat

Examples

HSK 3

奶奶每年冬天都做腊肉。

Nǎinai měi nián dōngtiān dōu zuò làròu.

Grandma makes cured pork every winter.

HSK 5

湖南的腊肉特别香。

Húnán de làròu tèbié xiāng.

Hunan cured pork is especially fragrant.

Tips

culture

腊 refers to the 12th lunar month (腊月), when families traditionally salt-cured and air-dried pork to preserve it for winter. Hunan and Sichuan versions are smoked; Cantonese 腊肉 is sun-dried and sweet.