Sichuanese
Of Sichuan province
Sichuanese refers to anything from or relating to Sichuan, a province in southwestern China known for its spicy cuisine and distinctive culture.
Most often the word describes the regional variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken there, or the famously bold, numbing-hot cooking style: Sichuanese food relies heavily on chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns.
Also spelled Szechuanese.
Shared simmering broth meal
- peppercornDried spice berry
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- wokConcave cooking pan
Sichuan provincial capital
Distinct sound qualities
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- idiomaticCharacteristic of natural speech
accent · intonation · vocabulary · expressions · speakers · intelligibility · conversational · informal
hotpot
Shared simmering broth meal
- peppercornDried spice berry
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
Chengdu
Sichuan provincial capital
tones
Distinct sound qualities
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
idiomatic · accent · intonation · vocabulary · expressions · speakers · intelligibility · conversational · informal · storytelling