Herbs & Spices - English/Chinese Translations

Handy table that provides English to Chinese and Chinese to English translations of culinary herbs and spices.

English	Chinese	Pinyin
anise, aneth	茴芹	hui qin
basil	罗勒	luo le
bay leave	月桂叶	yue gui ye
caraway	葛缕子干籽	ge lv zi gan zi
cardamom	豆蔻干籽	dou kou gan zi
cayenne pepper	红辣椒粉	hang la jiao fen
celery salt	芹菜盐	qin cai yan
chervil	细叶芹	xi ye qin
chive	细香葱	xi xiang cong
cilantro	香菜叶	xiang cai
cinnamon	肉桂皮	rou gui pi
clove	丁香	ding xiang
coriander	香菜	xiang cai
cumin	孜然	zi ran
dill	土茴香	tu hui xiang
fennel	茴香	hui xiang
garlic	蒜	da suan
garlic clove	蒜瓣	suan ban
garlic powder, salt	蒜粉，盐	suan yan fen
ginger	姜	jiang
herbs	香草	xiang cao
herbs de provence	法式混合香草	fa shi hun he xiang cao
juniper berry	刺柏	ci bo
lavender	薰衣草	xun yi cao
lemon balm	柠檬薄荷	ning meng bo he
lime	青柠檬	qing ning meng
mace	肉豆蔻干皮	rou dou kan gan pi
marjoram, sweet	墨角兰	mo jiao lan
mint	薄荷	bo he
mustard	芥末酱	jie mo jiang
nutmeg	肉豆蔻	rou dou kou
oregano	牛至	niu zhi
paprika	红辣椒粉	hong la jiao fen
pepper	胡椒粉	hu jiao fen
parsley	欧芹，荷兰芹	ou qin, he lan qin
pimento	西班牙甜椒	xi ban ya tian jiao
poppy seeds	罂粟籽	ying su zi
rock salt	大粒盐	da li yan
rosemary		mi die xiang
saffron	藏红花粉	zang hong hua fen
sage	鼠尾草	shu wei cao
salt	咸盐	xian yan
sesame seed	芝麻	zhi ma
sorrel	酸模	suan mo
summer savory	香薄荷	xiang bo he
tarragon	龙蒿	long hao
thyme	百里香	bai li xiang
thyme, wild	野百里香	ye bai li xiang
turmeric	姜黄粉	jiang huang fen
vervain	马鞭草	ma bian cao
watercress	西洋菜	xi yang cai, shui tian jie

Comments

anonymous Singapore, Singapore

Oh, that is so awesome. I live in China, and this will be invaluable for cooking and saving money. Many of these are readily available in China, but expats like me have no clue and buy them for ridiculous prices at special imported food stores.

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