How to Say ‘Three-cup squid’ in Traditional Chinese
三杯中卷
sān bēi zhōng juàn
[sahn bēi zhōngjuǎn]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: "Three cup" refers to the sauce of sesame oil, rice wine, and soy sauce, cooked with basil. 三杯雞 "three-cup chicken" is the most famous version of this Taiwanese classic.
Phrase Breakdown
三
sān
[sahn]
three; Wednesday marker in weekdays
The number three; in dates like 週三, it refers to Wednesday.
週三下午我比較有空。
I'm more free on Wednesday afternoon.
杯
bēi
[bēi]
cup (of a sauce ingredient)
In 三杯 dishes, refers to cups of sesame oil, soy sauce and rice wine used for cooking.
三杯雞是台灣名菜。
Three-cup chicken is a famous Taiwanese dish.
中卷
zhōng juàn
[zhōngjuǎn]
squid
A medium-sized squid commonly used in Taiwanese seafood dishes.
這裡的中卷很新鮮。
The squid here is very fresh.
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