How to pronounce Char siu

Char siu is written 叉烧 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tsʰa˥ siu˥/. In plain English letters that is CHAH-syoo, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Char siu?

Char siu is a main dish of China. Where it comes from: Guangdong. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are pork. It tastes sweet and savory.

Where Char siu comes from

Char siu is one of 108 signature dishes of China on this map. See all dishes from Guangdong.

• Cheung fun 肠粉 · Noodles & pasta · Guangdong

  Cheung fun, rice noodle rolls, are a Cantonese dish from Guangdong.

• Har gow 虾饺 · Snack · Guangdong

  Har gow are traditional Cantonese shrimp dumplings served as dim sum.

• Beef chow fun 干炒牛河 · Noodles & pasta · Guangdong

  Beef chow fun, dry-fried beef with hor fun, is a staple Cantonese dish of beef, wide rice noodles and bean sprouts stir-fried together.

• White cut chicken 白切鸡 · Main dish · Guangdong

  White cut chicken is a traditional Cantonese chicken dish.

• Double skin milk 双皮奶 · Dessert · Guangdong

  Double skin milk is a Chinese dessert from Shunde in Guangdong.

• Wonton noodles 云吞面 · Noodles & pasta · Guangdong

  Wonton noodles are a noodle dish of Cantonese origin.

Food of China

Dishes like Char siu in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Char siu:

• Rafute ラフテー · Main dish · Okinawa, Japan

  Rafute is Okinawan braised pork: skin-on pork belly, or sometimes leg, stewed in soy sauce, brown sugar and awamori, the local rice spirit, until sweet and savoury.

• Humba · Main dish · Visayas, Philippines

  Humba is a braised pork dish from the Visayas.

• Tollatsch · Main dish · Western Pomerania, Germany

  Tollatsch is a dumpling in the style of blood sausage from Pomerania and Western Pomerania, traditionally made at the pig-slaughtering feasts.

• Æbleflæsk · Main dish · Funen, Denmark

  Æbleflæsk, 'apple pork', is an old Danish dish of apples and streaky pork, sometimes smoked, with onion.