How to pronounce Three-cup chicken

Three-cup chicken is written 三杯鸡 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /sán.péɪ tɕí/. In plain English letters that is SAHN-bay JEE, 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 Three-cup chicken?

Three-cup chicken is a main dish of China. Where it comes from: Jiangxi. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are chicken. It tastes savory and spicy.

Where Three-cup chicken comes from

Three-cup chicken is one of 108 signature dishes of China on this map.

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