大黄鱼 (dàhuángyú) · large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea)

Measure Word

一条大黄鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea)

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A golden sea fish 30 to 40 cm long with fine, tender flesh, steamed, braised or fried. Wild stocks collapsed in the 1970s and most now comes from farms; cheaper small yellow croaker is often passed off as it.

Contains fish

Also called 黄瓜鱼

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

大黄鱼是中国有名的海鱼。

Dàhuángyú shì Zhōngguó yǒumíng de hǎiyú.

The large yellow croaker is a well-known Chinese sea fish.

HSK 7-9

野生大黄鱼现在很少见，市场上卖的大多是养殖的。

Yěshēng dàhuángyú xiànzài hěn shǎojiàn, shìchǎng shàng mài de dàduō shì yǎngzhí de.

Wild large yellow croaker is rare now; most of what is sold at market is farmed.

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culture

One of China's four great sea catches (四大海产), with 小黄鱼, 带鱼 and 乌贼. Overfishing in the 1970s and 80s wiped out most of the wild stock, and today most of it is farmed in Fujian. On menus it is often just 黄鱼 or 黄花鱼.