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Definition
Chinese dark red vinegar, commonly used as a dipping sauce for noodles or crabs.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the dark, aged vinegar often served with seafood or noodles. It carries a distinct, sharp, and slightly sweet profile that is essential for balancing the richness of fatty foods like crab. While often called Chinkiang vinegar in English, locals simply refer to it by this name when dining.
Examples
You must dip hairy crabs in Chinkiang vinegar.
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with white vinegar or rice vinegar, which have very different flavor profiles and are not suitable substitutes for the specific pairing with seafood.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
