大马哈鱼 (dàmǎhāyú) · salmon (Pacific salmon), chum salmon

Measure Word

一条大马哈鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 salmon (Pacific salmon)
2 chum salmon

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A salmon that leaves the sea each autumn to spawn up the rivers of China's far northeast, such as the Heilongjiang and Tumen. Locals salt, smoke or dry it, and salt its large orange roe.

Contains fish

Also called 大麻哈鱼

Characters

大

dà

big; great (phonetic prefix)

Examples

HSK 5

东北地区的大马哈鱼资源非常丰富。

Dōngběi dìqū de dàmǎhāyú zīyuán fēicháng fēngfù.

The Northeast region has very abundant salmon resources.

HSK 7-9

大马哈鱼每年秋天洄游产卵。

Dàmǎhāyú měi nián qiūtiān huíyóu chǎnluǎn.

Salmon migrate upstream every autumn to spawn.

Tips

culture

大马哈 is a transliteration from the Tungus/Manchu word for this fish. It specifically refers to Pacific salmon species found in Northeast China (Heilongjiang river basin), rather than Atlantic salmon (三文鱼, the sushi variety).