ròu
noun HSK 1 #1,184

Meanings

  1. 1 meat; flesh

Examples

Nǐ chī ròu ma?
Do you eat meat?
Wǒ xiǎng chī niúròu.
I want to eat beef.

Tips

usage
When is used alone without specifying the animal, it usually means pork (猪肉 zhūròu) in China. Other meats: 牛肉 (niúròu, beef), 鸡肉 (jīròu, chicken), 羊肉 (yángròu, lamb).
culture
Pork is by far the most consumed meat in China. China produces and consumes about half of the world's pork.

Stroke Order

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