Chinese word

香肠

Pronunciation

Pinyinxiāng cháng

Meaning

  • nounsausage

Example

早餐我吃了香肠。zǎo cān wǒ chī le xiāng cháng

I ate sausage for breakfast.

Illustration for 香肠 (sausage)

More examples

节日里我们常常吃烤香肠。jié rì lǐ wǒ men cháng cháng chī kǎo xiāng cháng

At festivals, we often eat grilled sausage.

Core concept

A savory meat filling packed into a long casing and cooked until ready to eat.

Common phrases

  • 吃香肠chī xiāng cháng

    eat sausage

  • 烤香肠kǎo xiāng cháng

    grill sausage

Similar words

腊肠là cháng: A long meat sausage flavored with salt and spices, then dried or smoked for preservation.
火腿肠huó tuǐ cháng: A processed, sausage-shaped food made with ham or pork and cooked before serving.
血肠xuè cháng: A cooked food made by packing animal blood with meat or grains into a sausage casing.

Definition in Chinese

用碎肉或肉糜加盐等调料灌入肠衣或用其他外皮成型，煮、蒸、煎或烤着吃的一种细长肉制食品。yòng suì ròu huò ròu mí jiā yán děng tiáo liào guàn rù cháng yī huò yòng qí tā wài pí chéng xíng zhǔ zhēng jiān huò kǎo zhe chī de yì zhǒng xì cháng ròu zhì shí pǐn

Word origin

香肠 (xiāngcháng, "sausage") is a compound of 香 (xiāng, "fragrant") and 肠 (cháng, "intestine"), reflecting the aromatic food traditionally made in an intestinal casing.

Usage tips

  • The word works for both a particular piece and sausage as food in general, so context or a quantity expression supplies the intended amount.

Related words

  • 香肠店xiāng cháng diànsausage shopnoun
  • 香肠片xiāng cháng piànsausage slicesnoun

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