炖菜

燉菜

dùncài

noun

Measure Word

一道炖菜 dào

Meanings

1 stew
2 stewed dish
3 slow-simmered dish

Characters

to stew, to simmer

Examples

东北炖菜又香又暖和。

Dōngběi dùncài yòu xiāng yòu nuǎnhuo.

Northeastern stews are fragrant and warming.

妈妈做的炖菜最好吃。

Māma zuò de dùncài zuì hǎochī.

Mom's stewed dishes are the tastiest.

Tips

culture

Northeast (东北) cuisine is famous for 乱炖 ('chaotic stew') — a one-pot stew of pork, potato, beans, corn, tomato simmered for hours. A cold-climate dish where everything goes in one pot and nothing gets wasted.

Stroke Order

炖 dùn

菜 cài