香肠 (xiāngcháng) · sausage, Chinese-style dried sausage

Measure Word

一根香肠 gēn

Meanings

1 sausage
2 Chinese-style dried sausage

About the ingredient

Often means the air-dried Chinese kind, sliced and steamed with rice or stir-fried. Besides the sweet Cantonese style there is a spicy Sichuan style with chili and Sichuan pepper, often smoked; Western sausages are sold too.

Used in 5 dishes

大肠包小肠 dàchángbāoxiǎocháng

Characters

香

xiāng

fragrant; aromatic; delicious

肠

cháng

intestine; sausage casing

Fragrant intestine casing - sausage, originally made by stuffing seasoned meat into intestine casings.

Examples

HSK 4

我喜欢吃烤香肠。

Wǒ xǐhuan chī kǎo xiāngcháng.

I like eating grilled sausages.

HSK 5

广式香肠又甜又咸。

Guǎng shì xiāngcháng yòu tián yòu xián.

Cantonese-style sausage is both sweet and salty.

HSK 5

妈妈买了几根香肠。

Māma mǎi le jǐ gēn xiāngcháng.

Mom bought a few sausages.

Tips

culture

Chinese sausage (腊肠/香肠) is quite different from Western sausage - it's typically air-dried, sweetened with sugar or rice wine, and has a firm texture. Cantonese-style (广式) sausage is the most famous variety.

usage

腊肠 is the traditional Chinese dried sausage. 火腿肠 is processed ham sausage, a popular cheap snack in China.