烧腊

燒臘
shāolà
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Cantonese roast and cured meats
  2. 2 barbecued meats

Examples

HSK 5
Guǎngdōng rén hěn ài chī shāolà.
Cantonese people love roast meats.
HSK 7-9
Shāolà diàn de chúchuāng lǐ guà zhe shāo'é, chāshāo hé làcháng.
The window of the roast meat shop is hung with roast goose, char siu and Chinese sausages.

Tips

usage
烧腊 covers two families of meat: 烧味, roasted over fire, such as 叉烧 and 烧鹅, and 腊味, cured and air-dried, such as 腊肠. A 烧腊 shop sells both, often as rice plates such as 叉烧饭.

Stroke Order

烧 shāo
腊 là