麻辣牛肉干

麻辣牛肉乾

málàniúròugān

noun

Measure Word

一包麻辣牛肉干 bāo

Meanings

1 spicy beef jerky
2 Sichuan-style numbing-and-hot dried beef

Characters

numbing (Sichuan peppercorn)

Examples

他出差总要带几包麻辣牛肉干。

Tā chūchāi zǒng yào dài jǐ bāo málàniúròugān.

He always brings a few bags of spicy beef jerky on business trips.

这种麻辣牛肉干越嚼越香。

Zhè zhǒng málàniúròugān yuè jiáo yuè xiāng.

This kind of spicy beef jerky gets tastier the more you chew.

Tips

culture

麻 (numbing Sichuan-peppercorn tingle) and 辣 (chili heat) are distinct sensations; only Sichuan cuisine treats them as a compound flavor. 麻辣牛肉干 is a benchmark snack of this málà profile, widely exported as a packaged souvenir from Chongqing and Chengdu.

Stroke Order

麻 má

辣 là

牛 niú

肉 ròu

干 gàn