腊制

臘製

làzhì

verb

Meanings

1 to cure (meat) in the 12th lunar month
2 to salt-cure and air-dry (meat) for winter preservation

Characters

12th lunar month; cured meat

to make, to produce

Examples

HSK 3

腊制的肉可以保存一整年。

Làzhì de ròu kěyǐ bǎocún yì zhěngnián.

Cured meat can be kept for a whole year.

HSK 5

这种火腿是传统腊制的。

Zhèzhǒng huǒtuǐ shì chuántǒng làzhì de.

This ham is traditionally cured.

Tips

culture

腊 names the 12th lunar month (腊月). Traditionally, pork was salted, spiced and hung in the cold dry air of late winter - hence 腊肉 (cured bacon) and 腊肠 (Chinese cured sausage). The technique predates refrigeration by millennia.

Stroke Order

腊 là

制 zhì