菜脯 (càifǔ): dried pickled radish

Meanings

1 dried pickled radish
2 preserved white radish (chai poh)

Characters

菜

Examples

潮汕人家几乎家家都有菜脯。

Cháoshàn rénjiā jīhū jiājiā dōu yǒu càifǔ.

Almost every Chaoshan household has dried pickled radish at home.

菜脯煎蛋是一道经典家常菜。

Càifǔ jiāndàn shì yī dào jīngdiǎn jiācháng cài.

Pickled radish omelette is a classic home-style dish.

Tips

culture

菜脯 is a hallmark ingredient of Chaoshan (潮汕, southern Guangdong) and Hokkien Taiwanese cuisine. The Hokkien reading is 'chai poh', and you will see it on menus across Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan in dishes like chai poh omelette and bak kut teh.

memory

脯 (fǔ) means 'dried meat / dried food' — the same character used in 肉脯 (ròufǔ, dried meat / jerky). 菜脯 = 'dried vegetable', following the same drying-and-preserving template.