西湖醋

xīhúcù

noun

Meanings

1 West Lake vinegar (Hangzhou sweet-and-sour sauce)
2 the vinegar used in the Hangzhou dish 西湖醋鱼

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Examples

这道菜的西湖醋酸甜可口。

Zhè dào cài de xīhúcù suān tián kěkǒu.

This dish's West Lake vinegar is a delicious sweet-and-sour.

西湖醋是杭帮菜的灵魂之一。

Xīhúcù shì Hángbāng cài de línghún zhī yī.

West Lake vinegar is one of the souls of Hangzhou cuisine.

Tips

culture

Short for the sweet-sour sauce style associated with Hangzhou cooking around West Lake. Outside that context 西湖醋 is almost always encountered as part of 西湖醋鱼 ('West Lake sweet-and-sour fish'), the dish for which the sauce was invented.

Stroke Order

西 xī

湖 hú

醋 cù