云腿 (yúntuǐ) · Yunnan ham, Xuanwei ham

Meanings

1 Yunnan ham
2 Xuanwei ham

About the ingredient

A whole pork leg salted and air-dried for many months, until the lean is rose red and the fat milky white, with a salty, slightly sweet flavour. It is sliced and fried or steamed, stewed with chicken, or diced into ham mooncakes.

Also called 宣威火腿、云南火腿

Characters

云

yún

cloud; Yunnan (abbr.)

腿

tuǐ

leg; ham

Examples

HSK 5

云腿月饼是中秋节的特色礼物。

Yúntuǐ yuèbing shì Zhōngqiūjié de tèsè lǐwù.

Yunnan ham mooncakes are a distinctive Mid-Autumn gift.

HSK 5

切一小片云腿配米饭就很香。

Qiē yì xiǎo piàn yúntuǐ pèi mǐfàn jiù hěn xiāng.

Even a small slice of Yunnan ham makes a bowl of rice fragrant.

Tips

culture

云腿 is short for 云南火腿, with the 宣威火腿 (Xuanwei ham) from northeast Yunnan as its most famous form. Together with 金华火腿 (Jinhua ham, Zhejiang) and 如皋火腿 (Rugao ham, Jiangsu) it makes up China's trio of classic dry-cured hams.