酸菜 (suāncài) · pickled Chinese cabbage, Chinese sauerkraut

Meanings

1 pickled Chinese cabbage
2 Chinese sauerkraut
3 pickled mustard greens

About the ingredient

蔬菜 Vegetables

Vegetables soured by lactic fermentation, and which ones depends on the region. In the Northeast it is whole napa cabbage, pickled in vats and stewed with pork or put in dumplings; in Sichuan, mustard greens, as in 酸菜鱼.

Used in 2 dishes

酸菜鱼 suāncàiyú

猪血汤 zhūxuètāng

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

东北很多家庭都自己腌酸菜。

Dōngběi hěnduō jiātíng dōu zìjǐ yān suāncài.

Many families in the Northeast make their own pickled cabbage.

HSK 7-9

四川的酸菜是用芥菜做的，和东北的酸菜不一样。

Sìchuān de suāncài shì yòng jiècài zuò de, hé Dōngběi de suāncài bù yíyàng.

Sichuan pickled greens are made from mustard greens, unlike northeastern sauerkraut.

Tips

usage

Which vegetable it is depends on where you are. In the Northeast, 酸菜 is napa cabbage fermented in big crocks and cooked with pork or in dumplings. In Sichuan and Chongqing it is pickled mustard greens, the sour base of 酸菜鱼. 酸白菜 names the northern kind clearly.