西冷 (xīlěng) · sirloin, sirloin steak

Measure Word

一份西冷 fèn

Meanings

1 sirloin
2 sirloin steak

About the ingredient

Beef from the rear of the back, outside the tenderloin, with a band of white fat and sinew along one edge. Chewier than fillet, it is sold mostly as steak for pan-frying or grilling.

Also called 外脊、沙朗

Characters

西

xī

west (phonetic: sir-)

冷

lěng

cold (phonetic: -loin)

Examples

HSK 4

他点了一份五分熟的西冷牛排。

Tā diǎn le yí fèn wǔfēn shú de xīlěng niúpái.

He ordered a medium sirloin steak.

HSK 7-9

西冷比菲力有嚼劲，油花也更多。

Xīlěng bǐ fēilì yǒu jiáojìn, yóuhuā yě gèng duō.

Sirloin is chewier than filet and has more marbling.

Tips

usage

Phonetic loan from English 'sirloin'. Beef-cut vocabulary in Chinese is largely loaned: 西冷 sirloin, 菲力 filet/tenderloin, 肉眼 (sometimes 眼肉) ribeye, 丁骨 T-bone, 战斧 tomahawk. 西冷 without 牛排 still means the sirloin cut in a steakhouse context.