辣白菜 (làbáicài) · kimchi (Chinese name for Korean 김치)

Measure Word

一碟辣白菜 dié

Meanings

1 kimchi (Chinese name for Korean 김치)
2 spicy pickled cabbage

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

Napa cabbage fermented with chili, garlic, ginger and often apple or pear, so it tastes sour, spicy and a little sweet. Eaten as a side dish with rice and cooked into fried rice, stews and pancakes; many versions add salted seafood.

Used in 1 dish

辣白菜炒五花肉 làbáicài chǎo wǔhuāròu

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

朝鲜族奶奶自己做辣白菜。

Cháoxiānzú nǎinai zìjǐ zuò làbáicài.

The Korean-Chinese grandmother makes her own kimchi.

HSK 5

烤肉一定要配辣白菜才够味。

Kǎoròu yídìng yào pèi làbáicài cái gòu wèi.

Grilled meat really needs kimchi on the side to taste right.

Tips

usage

The everyday Mandarin name for Korean kimchi. A direct transliteration 泡菜 (pàocài) is also used but refers more broadly to pickled vegetables. In Chinese-Korean (朝鲜族) regions of Northeast China the term 辣白菜 is the standard menu word.