燕菜精

yàncàijīng

noun

Meanings

1 agar-agar powder
2 powdered agar

Characters

vegetable; dish

refined; essence; powder

Examples

用燕菜精可以做出果冻。

Yòng yàncàijīng kěyǐ zuòchū guǒdòng.

You can use agar powder to make jelly.

把燕菜精溶解在热水里。

Bǎ yàncàijīng róngjiě zài rè shuǐ lǐ.

Dissolve the agar powder in hot water.

Tips

culture

燕菜 here means 'agar' (a seaweed-derived gelling agent), not 'swallow's nest dish.' 精 marks it as the refined/powdered form. The everyday Chinese word for agar is 琼脂 (qióngzhī).

Stroke Order

燕 yàn

菜 cài

精 jīng