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

这种火腿是传统腊制的。

Zhèzhǒng huǒtuǐ shì chuántǒng làzhì de.

This ham is traditionally cured.

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.

Tips

culture

腊 (là) 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