Chives are a small plant used in cooking. The part we eat is the long, thin green leaves: round like little tubes, hollow inside, with a mild onion taste — onion-y, but soft, not sharp. The plant also has purple flowers, and some people eat those too.

Chives are a small plant used in cookingchives是一種用來做菜的小型植物。The part we eat is the long, thin green leaves我們吃的部位是細長的綠色葉子: round like little tubes, hollow inside圓圓的像小管子，裡面是空心的, with a mild onion taste帶點淡淡的洋蔥味 — onion-y, but soft, not sharp有洋蔥香但是溫和，不會嗆。The plant also has purple flowers這種植物也會開紫色的花, and some people eat those too有些人也會拿花來吃。

Cooks snip the leaves over eggs, potatoes, soup, or sour cream at the last moment, because long cooking steals the fresh taste. You almost always meet the word in the plural, like scissors: people say chives, not a chive, and in a shop you buy a bunch of chives.

Cooks snip the leaves over eggs, potatoes, soup, or sour cream at the last moment廚師會在最後一刻把葉子剪碎撒在蛋、馬鈴薯、湯或酸奶油上, because long cooking steals the fresh taste因為煮太久會讓新鮮的味道跑掉。You almost always meet the word in the plural, like scissors這個字幾乎都用複數形，就像scissors（剪刀）一樣: people say chives, not a chive大家會說chives，不會說a chive, and in a shop you buy a bunch of chives在店裡你買的是a bunch of chives（一把細香蔥）。

Though actually, this is where Taiwanese cooks get caught. The flat, garlic-y green that goes into dumplings and 韭菜盒子 is a different plant. English calls that Chinese chives or garlic chives. Ordinary 青蔥 is another plant again. When a Western recipe says chives, it means the thin round herb, not 韭菜 and not spring onion.

Though actually, this is where Taiwanese cooks get caught不過這裡就是台灣人常搞混的地方。The flat, garlic-y green that goes into dumplings and 韭菜盒子做水餃和韭菜盒子那種扁扁、帶蒜味的綠色菜 is a different plant其實是另一種植物。English calls that Chinese chives or garlic chives英文把那個叫做Chinese chives或garlic chives。Ordinary 青蔥 is another plant again一般的青蔥又是另外一種植物。When a Western recipe says chives當一份西式食譜寫chives的時候, it means the thin round herb指的是那種細細圓圓的香草, not 韭菜 and not spring onion不是韭菜，也不是青蔥。