腌制 (yān zhì) — to pickle; to salt; to cure (food)

Definition

腌制 means to preserve food by curing — salting, pickling, or otherwise treating it for long-term storage. Usually describes a process applied to vegetables, meat, or fish, not a quick seasoning.

verb
to pickleto saltto cure (food)

Examples

  • 腌制。
    Mā ma xǐ huan yòng yán yān zhì qīng cài.
    Mom likes to pickle vegetables with salt.
  • 腌制。
    Zhè zhǒng yān zhì huǒ tuǐ xū yào sān gè yuè cái néng zuò hǎo.
    This kind of cured ham takes three months to make.
  • 腌制。
    yān zhì Yú shí jiā rù yì diǎn bái jiǔ kě yǐ qù xīng.
    Adding some liquor when curing fish can remove the fishy smell.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

腌yānpickle
制zhìmake/process

腌 points to pickling or salting, and 制 means to make or process, so the word describes making food by pickling.

Characters in this word

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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