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花椒鸡

花椒雞
huājiāojī
noun Hot

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Sichuan peppercorn chicken

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 热菜 Hot dish

Chicken chopped into small pieces on the bone and cooked with a large amount of Sichuan pepper and chili. Strongly numbing and hot. The peppercorns stay in the dish; pick around them.

Examples

HSK 7-9
Huājiāojī lǐ fàng le hěnduō huājiāo, chī qǐlai zuǐba huì fāmá.
Sichuan peppercorn chicken has lots of Sichuan pepper in it, and it makes your mouth go numb.
HSK 7-9
Fúwùyuán, huājiāojī néng zuò de bú nàme má ma?
Excuse me, could you make the Sichuan peppercorn chicken a little less numbing?

Tips

usage
麻 is the tingling numbness Sichuan peppercorns leave on the lips and tongue. The burn of chili is 辣.

Stroke Order

花 huā
椒 jiāo
鸡 jī