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Boiled wakame
By
えむかとー
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

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Dried wakame
By
Fumikas Sagisavas
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CC0
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Wikimedia Commons
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CSIRO ScienceImage 952 Undaria pinnatifida Japanese kelp
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division, CSIRO
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CC BY 3.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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裙带菜

裙帶菜
qúndàicài
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 wakame
  2. 2 edible brown seaweed (Undaria pinnatifida)

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A brown seaweed with soft, silky fronds, sold dried or salted, that swells a lot when soaked. It is dressed cold as a salad or simmered in soup.

Examples

HSK 7-9
Rìshì wèicēngtāng lǐ cháng jiā qúndàicài.
Japanese miso soup often contains wakame.
HSK 7-9
Qúndàicài hányǒu fēngfù de kuàngwùzhì.
Wakame is rich in minerals.

Tips

memory
裙带 literally means skirt-ribbon, the seaweed's frilly, ribbon-like edges look like the trim of a skirt, hence 裙带菜 'skirt-ribbon vegetable'.

Stroke Order

裙 qún
带 dài
菜 cài