齏 (jī) - Minced or powdered ingredients & finely chopped or crushed food items, especially in

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齏 · jī

Minced or powdered ingredients;

finely chopped or crushed food items, especially in cooking;

refers to minced meat, vegetables, or spices.

Minced or powdered ingredientsfinely chopped or crushed food items, especially inrefers to minced meat, vegetables, or spices.

Usage highlights

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Synonyms

  • 碎— broken into small pieces
  • 末— powder or fine particles
  • 粉— powder

Antonyms

  • 整— whole or intact
  • 块— chunk or piece

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Add minced garlic (蒜齏) to the stir-fry for flavor.
  • The recipe calls for finely chopped ginger (薑齏).
  • He prepared a dish with minced meat (肉齏).
  • Use powdered spices (香料齏) in the marinade.

Collocations

  • minced garlic(蒜齏)
  • finely chopped ginger(薑齏)
  • minced meat(肉齏)
  • powdered spices(香料齏)
  • vegetable mince(菜齏)
  • seasoning powder(調味齏)

Idioms

  • To live on broken grain and salted vegetables(斷齏畫粥)
  • Cutting ginger and scraping cinnamon(齏薑削桂)
  • Broken pickles and leftover rice(齏鹽布帛)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Historically associated with humble or frugal living, as seen in idioms like 'broken pickles and leftover rice'.
  • Commonly used in traditional Chinese cooking to refer to finely minced or powdered ingredients for flavor enhancement.
  • The character appears in classical texts describing simple or austere meals.

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