茴香 (huíxiāng) · fennel; fennel greens

Measure Word

一棵茴香 kē

Meanings

1 fennel; fennel greens
2 fennel seed

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

The feathery green leaves and stems of fennel. They are chopped into fillings for dumplings, buns and flatbreads, and the tender leaves are eaten raw in salads. The dried seeds are the spice 小茴香.

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

这道菜加了茴香，味道很特别。

Zhè dào cài jiā le huíxiāng, wèidào hěn tèbié.

This dish has fennel in it - the flavor is very distinctive.

HSK 7-9

茴香是一种常见的调料。

Huíxiāng shì yì zhǒng chángjiàn de tiáoliào.

Fennel seed is a common seasoning.

Tips

culture

茴香 is used two ways in Chinese cooking: the seeds, also called 小茴香, go into 五香粉 (five-spice powder), and the feathery greens into northern dumpling fillings (茴香馅饺子).