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清蒸鱼, photo 1 of 2
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Steam fish in home
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Peachyeung316
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

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Steamed fish in dinner
By
Apeach316
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

清蒸鱼

清蒸魚
qīngzhēngyú
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一条清蒸鱼 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 steamed fish

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 热菜 Hot dish

A whole fish, often bass or mandarin fish, steamed with ginger and scallion, then dressed with soy sauce and sizzling hot oil. Mild, soft and clean-tasting; watch for small bones.

Usually contains fish

Examples

HSK 7-9
清蒸鱼只用姜、葱和酱油调味，吃的是鱼本身的鲜味。
Qīngzhēngyú zhǐ yòng jiāng, cōng hé jiàngyóu tiáowèi, chī de shì yú běnshēn de xiānwèi.
Steamed fish is seasoned only with ginger, scallion and soy sauce, so you taste the fish itself.
HSK 7-9
我们家的年夜饭上一定要有一条清蒸鱼，表示年年有余。
Wǒmen jiā de niányèfàn shàng yídìng yào yǒu yì tiáo qīngzhēngyú, biǎoshì niánnián-yǒuyú.
Our family's New Year's Eve dinner always has a steamed fish, standing for "surplus year after year".

Tips

culture
鱼 "fish" sounds the same as 余 "surplus", which is why a whole fish is served at the New Year's Eve dinner.

Stroke Order

清 qīng
蒸 zhēng
鱼 yú