How to Say ‘Light roast’ in Simplified Chinese
浅烘的
qiǎn hōng de
[qiǎn hōng de]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding 的 turns a description into "the ... kind", so the noun can be dropped. Other roast levels work the same way: 深烘的 (shēn hōng de) "dark roast", 中烘的 "medium roast".
Phrase Breakdown
浅
qiǎn
[qiǎn]
light; shallow
Light or shallow; for coffee it describes a light roast level.
这款豆子是浅烘的。
These beans are lightly roasted.
烘
hōng
[hōng]
to roast
To roast or bake with dry heat, used for coffee beans.
他们自己烘咖啡豆。
They roast their own coffee beans.
的
de
[de]
(nominalizing particle)
Placed after a description to mean 'the kind that is…'.
我要热的。
I want a hot one.
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