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composition; ingredient; element; component / one's social status
HSK 6
medicinal ingredient
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涮* | 涮* | *涮
to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)
HSK 7-9
vivid; lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh
HSK 7-9
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  *分* | 分* | *分
part / share / ingredient / component
to concoct by mixing ingredients; to prepare according to a recipe; to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *和* | 和* | *和
to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
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  *味* | 味* | *味
taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
ingredients (in a cooking recipe) / to mix materials according to directions
auxiliary ingredients / supplementary materials
composition / make-up / ingredient / element / component / one's social status / same as 成分
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梗* | 梗* | *梗
branch / stem / stalk / CL: / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from , initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
ingredients / material
to mix ingredients in the appropriate proportions / mixing ratio; proportion of the different ingredients in a blend
caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
to compound (medicines etc) / to prepare (by mixing ingredients) / to concoct
main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炝* | 炝* | *炝
to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further
fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
(food) ingredient
first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second bouillon 二湯|二汤
three fresh ingredients (in cooking)
chive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients (usually contains scrambled eggs)
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori)
base ingredient / base (cooking) / primer (paint)
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) (loanword from Thai "kaphrao") (used as an attributive in the names of Thai-style "phat kaphrao" dishes to indicate that the main ingredient is stir-fried with basil, as in 打拋豬|打抛猪, stir-fried pork with basil)
dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan
pressed tofu; dried tofu (ingredient of Chinese cuisine made by pressing, drying and flavoring tofu to produce a firm chewy block, typically cut into thin strips when preparing a dish)
aorta (ingredient of hotpot, Sichuan cuisine)
(Tw) heibaiqie, side dish of ingredients selected from a range on display, sliced up and served together on a plate (from Taiwanese 烏白切, Tai-lo pr. [oo-pe̍h-tshiat], where 烏白 means "as one pleases")
second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯|头汤
fruit ingredients (for cakes and desserts)
to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) / to infuse (tea)
to stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked
part / component / ingredient / constituent
hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
fried tofu skin (typically used as a hot pot ingredient)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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