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How to Say ‘It's stir-fried with garlic’ in Simplified Chinese

用蒜炒的

yòng suàn chǎo de

[yong suàn chǎo de]

💬 Usage Tip: 用 X 炒的 means "stir-fried with X". 用 marks what's used to do something. You can swap in other ingredients: 用辣椒炒的 "stir-fried with chili".

Phrase Breakdown

用蒜

yòng suàn

with garlic

用 (yòng) means 'use' or 'with'. 蒜 (suàn) means 'garlic'. Both words are fourth tone, so they fall sharply.

Example

用蒜做的。

Made with garlic.

Words in this phrase

用

yòng

[yong]

to use

To employ for some purpose or to consume.

Example

请用叉子和刀子用餐。

Please use a fork and knife to eat.

蒜

suàn

[suàn]

garlic

A strong-smelling bulb often used in stir-fried dishes.

Example

这个菜里有很多蒜。

There is a lot of garlic in this dish.

炒的

chǎo de

stir-fried

炒 (chǎo) is third tone and means 'stir-fry'. 的 (de) is light and unstressed.

Example

这个菜是炒的。

This dish is stir-fried.

Words in this phrase

炒

chǎo

[chǎo]

to stir-fry

To cook quickly in a hot wok with oil, stirring all the time.

Example

我们炒两个菜吧。

Let's stir-fry two dishes.

的

[de]

the one (nominalizer)

Placed after a word to mean 'the ... one', replacing a noun.

Example

我要大的。

I want the big one.

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