羊杂 (yángzá): lamb / mutton offal (mixed sheep innards)

Meanings

1 lamb / mutton offal (mixed sheep innards)
2 short for 羊杂汤 yángzátāng (lamb-offal stew)

Characters

羊

Examples

冬天来一碗羊杂汤最暖和。

Dōngtiān lái yī wǎn yángzá tāng zuì nuǎnhuo.

A bowl of lamb-offal soup is the warmest thing in winter.

山西的羊杂割很有名。

Shānxī de yángzágē hěn yǒumíng.

Shanxi's chopped lamb-offal stew is famous.

Tips

culture

羊杂 (head, heart, liver, lungs, tripe, intestines) is a winter staple across northern China and Inner Mongolia. Local variants include Shanxi's 羊杂割 yángzágē and Inner Mongolia's 羊杂碎 yángzásuì — usually a peppery soup eaten with flatbread or shaobing.