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Photo
Beef steak (6814865687)
By
pelican from Tokyo, Japan
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
Beef steak (11888070325)
By
pelican from Tokyo, Japan
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Beef steak sold at BHG Lifestyle Market, Shangdi with Qixi promotion (20210813161611)
By
N509FZ
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

牛排

niúpái
noun #3,995

Measure Word

一份牛排 fèn

Meanings

  1. 1 steak
  2. 2 beefsteak

About the ingredient

肉类 Meat

A thick slice of beef for pan-frying or grilling, eaten Western style with a knife and fork. Supermarkets sell it ready-cut and often already marinated; cheap ones may be pieced together from trimmings.

Also called  牛扒

Examples

HSK 4
我想要一份五分熟的牛排。
Wǒ xiǎng yào yí fèn wǔfēn shóu de niúpái.
I'd like a medium steak.
HSK 4
这家餐厅的牛排很好吃。
Zhè jiā cāntīng de niúpái hěn hǎochī.
The steak at this restaurant is delicious.

Tips

memory
牛 (cow/beef) + 排 (chop/slab) = a slab of beef, i.e., steak.
usage
Doneness levels: 一分熟 (rare), 三分熟 (medium rare), 五分熟 (medium), 七分熟 (medium well), 全熟 (well done).

Stroke Order

牛 niú
排 pái