蒜苗

suànmiáo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 garlic shoots
  2. 2 garlic sprouts
  3. 3 young garlic stalks

Examples

HSK 5
Huíguōròu yīdìng yào fàng suànmiáo.
Twice-cooked pork must have garlic shoots.
HSK 7-9
Suànmiáo chǎo làròu tèbié xiàfàn.
Garlic shoots stir-fried with cured pork really go well with rice.

Tips

mistakes
Don't confuse with 蒜薹/蒜苔 (suàntái), the flowering stalk that comes later, sold as long round sticks. 蒜苗 is the leafy young plant (looks like a small leek). And 蒜黄 is the same plant blanched yellow.

Stroke Order

suàn
miáo