烤乳猪 (kǎorǔzhū) · roast suckling pig

Measure Word

一只烤乳猪 zhī

Meanings

1 roast suckling pig

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About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 热菜 Hot dish

A suckling pig roasted whole until the skin is thin and crisp, then cut into small pieces of skin with a little meat on the bone, sometimes with a sweet dipping sauce. A Cantonese roast meat and a wedding banquet dish.

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

广式烤乳猪的皮又脆又红亮。

Guǎng shì kǎorǔzhū de pí yòu cuì yòu hóng liàng.

The skin of a Cantonese roast suckling pig is crisp and glossy red.

HSK 7-9

婚宴上端上了一整只烤乳猪。

Hūnyàn shàng duān shàng le yì zhěng zhī kǎorǔzhū.

At the wedding banquet a whole roast suckling pig was brought out.

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culture

A Cantonese banquet dish with a long history - recorded in 北魏《齐民要术》 (6th century) under 炙豚法. Served at weddings, ancestor worship (particularly 清明 tomb-sweeping in Guangdong), and Chinese New Year. The crackling 脆皮 is the prized part.