话梅

話梅

huàméi

noun #66,563

Measure Word

一颗话梅 kē

Meanings

1 preserved plum
2 dried salted plum

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

话梅又酸又甜，还有一点咸味。

Huàméi yòu suān yòu tián, hái yǒu yìdiǎn xiánwèi.

Preserved plums are sour and sweet, with a slightly salty taste too.

HSK 5

她坐车的时候喜欢含一颗话梅。

Tā zuòchē de shíhou xǐhuan hán yì kē huàméi.

She likes to suck on a preserved plum when she rides in a car.

Tips

culture

The plums are salted and sun-dried, then soaked with sugar and licorice. Besides being a snack they flavour dishes such as 话梅排骨 (plum spare ribs), and in Jiangnan a 话梅 goes into a cup of warm 黄酒 (yellow rice wine). The beauty chain HARMAY uses 话梅 as its Chinese name.

Stroke Order

话 huà

梅 méi