美味牛肝菌

měiwèiniúgānjùn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 porcini mushroom (Boletus edulis)
  2. 2 king bolete

Examples

Yúnnán shèngchǎn měiwèiniúgānjùn.
Yunnan produces an abundance of porcini mushrooms.
Yìdàlì cài cháng yòng měiwèiniúgānjùn zuò yìmiàn jiàng.
Italian cooking often uses porcini for pasta sauce.

Tips

memory
Three-part name: 美味 ('delicious') + ('ox liver,' for the rust-brown cap) + ('fungus / mushroom'). The whole bolete genus is 牛肝菌; this species is the 'delicious' one.
culture
Yunnan markets sell huge fresh and dried supplies in the rainy season; the same species is the prized 'porcino' of Italian cuisine.

Stroke Order

měi
wèi
niú
gān
jūn