Chinese sausage

Dried Chinese sausages
Dried Chinese sausages
Alternative nameslap cheong, lap chong
TypeSausage
Place of originChina
Main ingredientsfresh pork or liver
Chinese sausage
preserved sausage
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningpreserved sausage
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinlàcháng
Hakka
Romanizationlap cong
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationlaahp chéung
Jyutpinglaap6 coeng2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJla̍h-chhiâng
liver sausage
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningliver sausage
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinrùncháng
Hakka
Romanizationgon cong
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationyeuhn chéung
Jyutpingjeon2 coeng2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJkan-chhiâng
Vietnamese name
Vietnameselạp xưởng
Thai name
Thaiกุนเชียง [kūn t͡ɕʰīa̯ŋ]
RTGSkun chiang
Khmer name
Khmerសាច់ក្រកចិន

Chinese sausage is a generic term referring to the many different types of sausages originating in China. The southern flavor of Chinese sausage is commonly known by its Cantonese name lap cheong (or lap chong) (simplified Chinese: 腊肠; traditional Chinese: 臘腸; pinyin: làcháng; Jyutping: laap6 coeng2; Cantonese Yale: laahp chéung).