西湖醋

xīhúcù

noun

Meanings

1 West Lake vinegar sauce
2 the sweet-and-sour sauce of West Lake fish (a Hangzhou dish)

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

这道菜的西湖醋酸甜可口。

Zhè dào cài de xīhúcù suān tián kěkǒu.

This dish's West Lake vinegar is a delicious sweet-and-sour.

HSK 7-9

西湖醋里有糖、醋和姜。

Xīhúcù lǐ yǒu táng, cù hé jiāng.

West Lake vinegar sauce contains sugar, vinegar and ginger.

Tips

culture

Short for the sweet-sour sauce style associated with Hangzhou cooking around West Lake. Outside that context 西湖醋 is almost always encountered as part of 西湖醋鱼 ('West Lake sweet-and-sour fish'), the dish for which the sauce was invented.

Stroke Order

西 xī

湖 hú

醋 cù