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炸鸡腿

炸雞腿
zhájītuǐ
noun Spice varies

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 fried chicken drumstick

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 小吃 Snack

A chicken leg or drumstick coated in seasoned flour, batter or breadcrumbs and deep-fried, crisp outside and juicy inside. Often eaten with pepper salt.

Usually contains wheat and egg

Examples

HSK 4
Xuéxiào shítáng měi zhōuwǔ zhōngwǔ yǒu zhájītuǐ, hěnduō xuésheng qù páiduì.
The school canteen has fried drumsticks every Friday at lunch, and lots of students line up for them.
HSK 7-9
Zhájītuǐ de wàipí hěn cuì, ròu hěn nèn.
A fried chicken drumstick has crisp skin and tender meat.

Tips

usage
炸 here is zhá, to deep-fry. Read zhà, the same character means to explode.

Stroke Order

炸 zhà
鸡 jī
腿 tuǐ