生炒花枝

shēngchǎohuāzhī
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 stir-fried cuttlefish (Taiwanese dish)
  2. 2 fresh stir-fried squid

Examples

Táinán yèshì de shēngchǎo huāzhī tāngzhī suān tián là, fēicháng xiàfàn.
The stir-fried cuttlefish at Tainan night markets has a sweet-sour-spicy sauce that goes great with rice.
Lái Táiwān yīdìng yào cháng yī cì shēngchǎo huāzhī.
When you're in Taiwan you have to try stir-fried cuttlefish at least once.

Tips

usage
('flower-branch') is Taiwanese for cuttlefish/squid — the tentacles splayed out look like flowers. In mainland Chinese, the same creature is usually called 墨鱼 or 鱿鱼.

Stroke Order

shēng
chǎo
huā
zhī