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蔗糖

zhètáng
noun #23,928

Measure Word

一克蔗糖 kè

Meanings

  1. 1 sucrose
  2. 2 cane sugar
  3. 3 table sugar

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

The chemical name for ordinary sugar, made from sugarcane or sugar beet. Rock sugar, white sugar and brown sugar are all mostly sucrose, rock sugar the purest and brown sugar the least pure.

Examples

HSK 6
这款饮料不含蔗糖，使用的是代糖。
Zhè kuǎn yǐnliào bù hán zhètáng, shǐyòng de shì dàitáng.
This drink contains no sucrose; it uses a sugar substitute.
HSK 7-9
蔗糖是从甘蔗或甜菜中提取的。
Zhètáng shì cóng gānzhe huò tiáncài zhōng tíqǔ de.
Sucrose is extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets.

Tips

memory
蔗 (zhè) means sugarcane - picture the tall cane plant. 糖 (táng) means sugar. Sugarcane plus sugar = sucrose, the sugar that comes from cane.

Stroke Order

蔗 zhè
糖 táng