津菜

Jīncài
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Tianjin cuisine
  2. 2 Tianjin food

Examples

HSK 5
Jīncài lǐ héxiān hé hǎixiān dōu hěnduō.
Tianjin cooking has plenty of both freshwater fish and seafood.
HSK 7-9
Wàidìrén zuì shúxī de Jīncài dàgài shì jiānbing guǒzi.
The Tianjin dish best known to people from elsewhere is probably jianbing guozi.

Tips

culture
津 is the short name for 天津, a port city where several rivers meet the sea, so freshwater fish and seafood are at the centre of its cooking. It is also known for breakfast and snack foods: 煎饼果子, 狗不理 steamed buns and 耳朵眼炸糕 (fried glutinous rice cakes).
mistakes
津菜 (Tianjin) and 晋菜 (Shanxi) differ only in the tone of the first syllable.

Stroke Order

津 jīn
菜 cài