瓣胃

bànwèi

noun

Meanings

1 omasum (third compartment of a ruminant's stomach)
2 book tripe

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

牛的瓣胃有很多薄片状的皱褶。

Niú de bànwèi yǒu hěnduō báopiàn zhuàng de zhòu zhě.

A cow's omasum has many leaf-like folds.

HSK 7-9

瓣胃就是我们吃的牛百叶。

Bànwèi jiùshì wǒmen chī de niúbǎiyè.

Omasum is what we eat as 'beef tripe leaves'.

Tips

culture

On a Chinese menu 瓣胃 usually appears as 牛百叶 ('hundred-leaves beef') or 毛肚 - the signature hotpot cut whose leaf-like folds give a springy, ridged texture when flash-blanched.

Stroke Order

瓣 bàn

胃 wèi