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

HSK 1

妈妈做的炖菜最好吃。

Māma zuò de dùncài zuì hǎochī.

Mom's stewed dishes are the tastiest.

HSK 3

东北炖菜又香又暖和。

Dōngběi dùncài yòu xiāng yòu nuǎnhuo.

Northeastern stews are fragrant and warming.

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