Chinese word

少盐

Pronunciation

Pinyinshǎo yán

Meaning

  • adjectiveless salty

Example

这道菜请少盐。zhè dào cài qǐng shǎo yán

Please make this dish less salty.

Illustration for 少盐 (less salty)

More examples

晚餐我做了少盐的菜肴。wǎn cān wǒ zuò le shǎo yán de cài yáo

I made a less salty dish for dinner.

Core concept

A dish whose flavor stays light because only a small amount of salt is used.

Common phrases

  • 少盐的菜肴shǎo yán de cài yáo

    less salty dishes

  • 少盐食谱shǎo yán shí pǔ

    low-salt recipe

  • 少盐烹饪方法shǎo yán pēng rèn fāng fǎ

    low-salt cooking method

Similar words

低盐dī yán: Describing food or a dish that contains a low amount of salt.
清淡qīng dàn: Mildly seasoned with little oil or salt, resulting in a light flavor.

Definition in Chinese

烹饪或食品中加入的盐量较少，口味偏清淡。pēng rèn huò shí pǐn zhōng jiā rù de yán liàng jiào shǎo kǒu wèi piān qīng dàn

Word origin

少 (shǎo, "few or little") + 盐 (yán, "salt") combines to describe food prepared with less salt than usual.

Usage tips

  • As an adjective, this describes the food or dish; for a spoken request, 少放盐 (shǎo fàng yán, "add less salt") makes the cooking action explicit.

Other meanings

  • low-saltadjective
  • mildly seasonedadjective

Opposites

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