How to write 羹

羹 [gēng] 名 1. 用蒸煮等方法做成的糊状、冻状食物。 (Food that is made into a paste or gelatinous form through methods like steaming or boiling.) 2. 用肉或菜调和五味做成的带汁的食物。 (Food that is made by blending various flavors using meat or vegetables and has a sauce.) 3. 煮熟带汁的蔬菜也叫羹。 (Cooked vegetables that are saucy are also called "geng" or soup.) 4. 汤。 (Soup.) 引 1. 《孟子·告子上》：“一箪食，一豆羹，得之则生，弗得则死。” (Mencius: "With a washbasin of food and a bowl of soup, one can live if obtained, but die if not.") 2. 《左传·隐公元年》：(颖考叔)对曰：“小人有母，皆尝小人之食矣，未尝君之羹，请以遗之。” (Zuo Zhuan: "The petty person has a mother, and everyone has tasted his food, but has never tasted the soup of the ruler; please let them take that.") 例 - 菜羹(煮熟的菜，加上米屑，古代贫者所食) (Vegetable soup; cooked vegetables added with rice scraps, which were eaten by the poor in ancient times.) - 羹食(羹汤和饭) (Soup and rice.) - 羹粥(菜羹和稀饭) (Vegetable soup with congee.) - 羹藜(煮野菜羹。泛指饮食粗劣) (Wild vegetable soup; generally refers to coarse food.) 不羹：地名。春秋时地，故址在今大陆地区河南省襄阳县东南。 (Not Geng: A place name from the Spring and Autumn period, located in what is now the southeastern part of Xiangyang County, Henan Province.)