榨菜 (zhàcài) · zhacai, pickled mustard tuber

Measure Word

一包榨菜 bāo

Meanings

1 zhacai
2 pickled mustard tuber
3 Sichuan preserved vegetable

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

The knobbly, fist-sized stem of a mustard plant, salted, pressed and rubbed with chili paste: crunchy, very salty and a little sour. Sold in small packets, eaten with congee and noodles, and cooked with shredded pork.

Used in 1 dish

榨菜肉丝汤 zhàcài ròusītāng

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

我早上喝粥的时候喜欢配一点榨菜。

Wǒ zǎoshang hē zhōu de shíhou xǐhuan pèi yìdiǎn zhàcài.

When I have congee in the morning, I like a little zhacai on the side.

HSK 6

坐火车的时候，很多人会带泡面和榨菜。

Zuò huǒchē de shíhou, hěnduō rén huì dài pàomiàn hé zhàcài.

On train journeys, many people bring instant noodles and zhacai.

Tips

culture

榨菜 is the swollen stem of a mustard plant, salted, pressed to drain it (the 榨 'to press') and spiced with chili. 涪陵 in Chongqing is its home. Because migrant workers buy so much of it, economists have used sales of 榨菜 to track where those workers are moving.