咸肉 (xiánròu) · salt-cured meat, salted pork, cured meat

Measure Word

一块咸肉 kuài

Meanings

1 salt-cured meat
2 salted pork
3 cured meat

About the ingredient

Pork preserved with salt alone, without the drying or smoking of 腊肉. Common around Shanghai, where it is stewed with fresh pork and bamboo shoots in spring or cooked into rice with greens.

Used in 1 dish

腌笃鲜 yāndǔxiān

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

妈妈买了一块咸肉来炒菜。

Māma mǎi le yíkuài xiánròu lái chǎocài.

Mom bought a piece of salt-cured pork to stir-fry with vegetables.

HSK 7-9

咸肉是江南地区的传统食材。

Xiánròu shì Jiāngnán dìqū de chuántǒng shícái.

Salt-cured meat is a traditional ingredient in the Jiangnan region.

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culture

咸肉 is especially popular in regions like Zhejiang and Jiangsu, where it is used in iconic dishes such as 腌笃鲜, a soup combining salted pork, fresh pork, and bamboo shoots.