草鱼 (cǎoyú) · grass carp

Measure Word

一条草鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 grass carp

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A large, long-bodied freshwater carp, one of the most common and cheapest farmed fish in China. Its tender white flesh has few bones; it is used for chili-oil boiled fish, pickled-cabbage fish and grilled fish.

Contains fish

Also called 鲩鱼

Used in 5 dishes

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

这条草鱼足有三斤重。

Zhè tiáo cǎoyú zú yǒu sān jīn zhòng.

This grass carp weighs a full three jin.

HSK 7-9

我们在池塘里养了不少草鱼。

Wǒmen zài chítáng lǐ yǎng le bùshǎo cǎoyú.

We raise quite a few grass carp in the pond.

Tips

culture

草鱼 is one of the 'four famous domesticated fish' (四大家鱼) of China, alongside 青鱼, 鲢鱼 and 鳙鱼 - staples of freshwater aquaculture for over a thousand years.