扇贝, photo 1 of 1

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Cooking a scallop - Flickr - odako1
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Koichi Oda
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扇贝

扇貝
shànbèi
noun #25,854

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 scallop (shellfish)

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

Sold live and opened onto the half shell, often steamed under minced garlic and glass noodles. Both the round muscle and the roe are eaten; the dried muscle, sold apart as a seasoning, flavours congee and soups.

Contains shellfish

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè dào cài yòng le xīnxiān de shànbèi.
This dish uses fresh scallops.
HSK 7-9
Shànbèi shì hǎixiān zhōng fēicháng shòu huānyíng de shícái.
Scallops are a very popular ingredient in seafood.

Tips

memory
扇 means fan and 贝 means shell - a fan-shaped shell. Scallop shells really do look like hand fans.

Stroke Order

扇 shàn
贝 bèi