腌菜

醃菜
yāncài
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 pickled vegetables
  2. 2 salted vegetables

Examples

HSK 3
Měi nián dōngtiān nǎinai dōu huì zuò hěnduō yāncài.
Every winter Grandma makes lots of pickled vegetables.
HSK 4
Yāncài suīrán xiàfàn, dànshì tài xián le, búyào chī de tài duō.
Pickled vegetables go well with rice, but they are very salty, so don't eat too much.

Tips

usage
腌 'to cure in salt' gives 腌菜 a broad meaning: any vegetable preserved in salt or brine. 咸菜 is the everyday near-synonym, 泡菜 is pickled in brine, and 榨菜 is the pressed Sichuan kind.

Stroke Order

腌 yān
菜 cài