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Photo
Wood ear mushroom harvest
By
트리오구
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
Wood ear mushroom house
By
트리오구
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Wood ear mushroom 1
By
트리오구
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

木耳

mù'ěr
noun #85,339

Measure Word

一朵木耳 duǒ

Meanings

  1. 1 wood ear mushroom
  2. 2 black fungus (edible jelly ear fungus)

About the ingredient

菌类 Mushrooms

A thin, dark brown fungus, usually sold dried. Soaked until it swells and used the same day (wood ear soaked overnight can turn toxic), it is gelatinous and goes into cold dishes, stir-fries, braises and hot and sour soup.

Also called  黑木耳

Examples

HSK 6
干木耳要先用水泡发。
Gān mù'ěr yào xiān yòng shuǐ pàofā.
Dried wood ear mushrooms need to be soaked in water first.
HSK 6
这盘菜里有黄瓜和木耳。
Zhè pán cài lǐ yǒu huángguā hé mù'ěr.
This dish has cucumber and wood ear mushrooms.

Tips

memory
The name literally means "wood ear" (木 wood + 耳 ear) - perfectly descriptive, since the fungus grows on tree trunks and looks like small floppy ears.

Stroke Order

木 mù
耳 ěr