chǐ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 fermented (salted) black beans
  2. 2 douchi

Examples

Dòuchǐ shì Zhōngguó chuántǒng de fājiào tiáowèiliào.
Douchi is a traditional Chinese fermented seasoning.
Zhè dào chǐzhī páigǔ fēicháng xiàfàn.
These black bean sauce spareribs go great with rice.

Tips

usage
Almost never appears alone — you'll see 豆豉 (dòuchǐ, fermented black beans) in recipes or (chǐzhī, black bean sauce) on Cantonese menus. Reading as chǐ (not shì or another guess) is the key thing to remember.
mistakes
The pinyin is chǐ (3rd tone), not shì. Easy to misread because the right side looks like a phonetic clue but it isn't.

Stroke Order

chǐ