外婆菜 (wàipócài) · Hunan preserved mixed vegetables

Measure Word

一瓶外婆菜 píng

Meanings

1 Hunan preserved mixed vegetables
2 grandma's vegetables

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

A western Hunan pickle of several vegetables, such as dried mustard greens, radish and long beans, salted in jars and chopped fine. Salty, crunchy and hot, it is stir-fried with dried chili, often with minced pork or egg, to eat with rice.

Used in 1 dish

外婆菜炒肉 wàipócài chǎo ròu

Characters

外

wài

outside; maternal (in kinship words)

婆

pó

old woman; grandmother

菜

cài

vegetables; dish

Examples

HSK 4

外婆菜又咸又辣，很下饭。

Wàipócài yòu xián yòu là, hěn xiàfàn.

Grandma's vegetables are salty and hot, and go really well with rice.

HSK 7-9

湘西的外婆菜是用好几种腌过的干菜做的。

Xiāngxī de wàipócài shì yòng hǎojǐ zhǒng yān guo de gāncài zuò de.

In western Hunan, grandma's vegetables are made from several kinds of salted, dried vegetables.

Tips

usage

外婆菜 is a mix, not one vegetable: dried mustard greens, radish and long beans, salted in jars and chopped fine. It is stir-fried with dried chili and garlic, often with minced pork or egg. 外婆 is the mother's mother.