安吉莉卡
Ānjílìkǎ
The Chinese word for the candied stem 安吉莉卡 (Ānjílìkǎ) refers to angelica.
安吉莉卡 is used to refer to the candied stem of the angelica plant.
Meaning: candied stem (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
Ānjílìkǎ
Did you know?
- In some Chinese culinary contexts, candied angelica is referred to as 糖渍当归 ('táng zì dāng guī') to describe the process of sugar-preserving the herb.
- The character 吉 (jí) in the name means 'lucky' or 'auspicious', which is a common way to build pleasant-sounding foreign names in Chinese.
- If you saw this word in a Chinese cookbook, the presence of the character 卡 (kǎ) would immediately signal to a reader that the word is a foreign loanword.
Example conversation
Junjie and Jiayi are shopping at a specialty candy store.
- 俊杰 Junjie佳怡，你看这个安吉莉卡。Jiāyí, nǐ kàn zhège ānjílìkǎ.Jiayi, look at this angelica.
- 佳怡 Jiayi看起来很甜，我想尝尝。Kàn qǐlái hěn tián, wǒ xiǎng chángcháng.It looks very sweet, I want to taste it.
- 俊杰 Junjie这里的安吉莉卡很有名。Zhèlǐ de ānjílìkǎ hěn yǒumíng.The angelica here is very famous.
- 佳怡 Jiayi那我们买一盒回去吧。Nà wǒmen mǎi yī hé huíqù ba.Then let's buy a box to take home.
