猫耳朵

貓耳朵

māoěrduo

noun

Measure Word

一碗猫耳朵 wǎn

Meanings

1 cat's ears (pasta)
2 Shanxi small pasta pieces shaped like cat ears
3 orecchiette-like hand-formed dough

Characters

(suffix for ears)

Examples

HSK 5

这碗猫耳朵又有西红柿又有肉末。

Zhè wǎn māo'ěrduo yòu yǒu xīhóngshì yòu yǒu ròumò.

This bowl of cat-ear pasta has both tomatoes and minced meat.

HSK 7-9

奶奶在厨房搓猫耳朵。

Nǎinai zài chúfáng cuō māo'ěrduo.

Grandma is rolling cat-ear pasta in the kitchen.

Tips

memory

Small ovals of dough rolled against the thumb on a wooden board, curling them into ear-shaped pieces the size of a cat's ear. A Shanxi mian-shi (面食) classic - similar technique to Italian orecchiette ('little ears').

Stroke Order

猫 māo

耳 ěr

朵 duǒ