酸鱼 (suānyú) · fermented sour fish

Measure Word

一条酸鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 fermented sour fish
2 pickled fish (Dong/Miao specialty)

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

Fish preserved until sour and salty, one of the many pickled foods of the Dong people where Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi meet, whose cooking leans heavily on sour flavours.

Contains fish

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

酸鱼酸辣开胃。

Suānyú suān là kāiwèi.

Sour fish is tart, spicy, and appetizing.

HSK 7-9

侗族的酸鱼可以保存好几年。

Dòngzú de suānyú kěyǐ bǎocún hǎojǐ nián.

Dong-minority fermented fish can be preserved for years.

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culture

A traditional preserved food of the Dong and Miao peoples in Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi. Fish are salted, packed with glutinous rice and chili, and fermented in sealed wooden barrels - sometimes for decades.