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"edible salt" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
食盐 食鹽 shí yán edible salt syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah
盐水 鹽水 yán shuǐ salt water / brine
食用 shí yòng to eat / to consume / edible
淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water
海蜇 hǎi zhé Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish syn
咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn
香菇 xiāng gū shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom syn
氯化钠 氯化鈉 lǜ huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt syn
盐巴 鹽巴 yán bā table salt syn
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest
紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
田鸡 田雞 tián jī frog / the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) syn
盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn
碳酸盐 碳酸鹽 tàn suān yán carbonate salt (chemistry)
海盐 海鹽 hǎi yán sea salt
木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3] syn
黑木耳 hēi mù ěr Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus syn
可吃 kě chī edible
柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn
无机盐 無機鹽 wú jī yán inorganic salt
黄花菜 黃花菜 huáng huā cài citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) / golden needles (its edible flower) syn
松茸 sōng róng matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
可食 kě shí edible
咸水 鹹水 xián shuǐ salt water / brine
蕨菜 jué cài fiddlehead / edible fern fronds
茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn
发菜 髮菜 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss
芒硝 máng xiāo mirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O) / Glauber's salt
鸡腿菇 雞腿菇 jī tuǐ gū shaggy ink cap (edible mushroom) / Coprinus comatus
盐 鹽 yán salt / CL:粒[li4] syn
腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn
卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid
菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn
岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn
鹾 鹺 cuó brine / salt syn
腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat
莼菜 蓴菜 chún cài water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant
咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn
裙带菜 裙帶菜 qún dài cài wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), an edible seaweed
芴 wù fluorene C13H10 / (old) name of an edible wild plant
油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn
松蘑 sōng mó matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake
蓠 蘺 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb
漤 lǎn to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle
池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake
粗盐 粗鹽 cū yán coarse salt / rock salt
咸盐 鹹鹽 xián yán salt (colloquial) / table salt
咸水沼泽 咸水沼澤 xián shuǐ zhǎo zé salt water marsh / salt marsh
盐穹，盐底辟 鹽穹，鹽底辟 salt dome / salt diapir
细盐 細鹽 xì yán refined salt / table salt
官盐 官鹽 guān yán legally-traded salt (with salt tax paid)
私盐 私鹽 sī yán illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid)
罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed
鳖裙 鱉裙 biē qún the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
块菌 塊菌 kuài jūn truffle (edible root fungus)
择菜 擇菜 zhái cài to pick the edible part of vegetables
松口蘑 sōng kǒu mó matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
松菌 sōng jùn matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
江蓠 江蘺 jiāng lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori
紫菜属 紫菜屬 zǐ cài shǔ Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed)
豆薯 dòu shǔ yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root syn
香蕈 xiāng xùn shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom syn
宝塔菜 寶塔菜 bǎo tǎ cài Chinese artichoke (Stachys affinis), perennial plant with an edible rhizome syn
蒲菜 pú cài edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2]
打瓜 dǎ guā a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
食菌 shí jùn edible mushroom
灰菜 huī cài fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
美人腿 měi rén tuǐ (Tw) (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
茭白笋 茭白筍 jiāo bái sǔn edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
菱角 líng jiao water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds syn
折耳根 zhé ěr gēn chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
白菜型油菜 bái cài xíng yóu cài a type of rapeseed (Brassica rapa) cultivated for its edible leaves (including varieties like bok choy and choy sum), as well as for oil production and green manure
裙边 裙邊 qún biān the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
鳖边 鱉邊 biē biān (dialect) the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
凤梨释迦 鳳梨釋迦 fèng lí shì jiā atemoya, hybrid of the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) and the sugar apple (Annona squamosa): a tree grown in tropical regions of the Americas and in Taiwan for its edible fruit
罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang
潟 xì saline land / salt marsh
酸式盐 酸式鹽 suān shì yán acid salt
内流河 內流河 nèi liú hé inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河
再制盐 再製鹽 zài zhì yán refined salt
察尔汗盐湖 察爾汗鹽湖 chá ěr hán yán hú Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai
斥卤 斥鹵 chì lǔ saline marsh / salt
柴达木 柴達木 chái dá mù Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
柴达木盆地 柴達木盆地 chái dá mù pén dì Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake
石盐 石鹽 shí yán rock salt
镁盐 鎂鹽 měi yán magnesium salt
雷扎耶湖 léi zhá yē hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh
餐桌盐 餐桌鹽 cān zhuō yán table salt
碱式盐 鹼式鹽 jiǎn shì yán alkali salt (soda, lye, calcium carbonate etc)
盐坨子 鹽坨子 yán tuó zi open-air salt heap
盐湖区 鹽湖區 yán hú qū Yanhu district (Salt Lake district) of Yuncheng city 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 shi4], Shanxi
含盐量 含鹽量 hán yán liàng salt content / salinity
咸度 鹹度 xián dù salt content / salinity
鱼香 魚香 yú xiāng yuxiang, a seasoning of Chinese cuisine that typically contains garlic, scallions, ginger, sugar, salt, chili peppers etc (Although "yuxiang" literally means "fish fragrance", it contains no seafood.)
盐量平衡 salt balance
盐分平衡 salt balance
糖盐溶液 táng yán róng yè sugar-salt solution
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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