里脊 (lǐji): tenderloin

Meanings

1 tenderloin
2 loin (of pork, beef etc.)

Characters

里

Examples

请给我一斤猪里脊。

Qǐng gěi wǒ yī jīn zhū lǐji.

Please give me a jin of pork tenderloin.

里脊肉嫩，适合做糖醋里脊。

Lǐji ròu nèn, shìhé zuò tángcù lǐji.

Tenderloin is tender — perfect for sweet-and-sour pork.

Tips

memory

里 (inside) + 脊 (spine) — the strip of muscle running along the inside of the spine, the most tender cut on the animal. CC-CEDICT marks the second syllable as toneless (lǐji).

Stroke Order

里 lǐ

脊 jǐ

Related Words

里头 lǐtou HSK 2 #6,701

inside / interior

莫里斯 mòlǐsī #5,254

Morris (name) / Maurice (name)

眼里 yǎnlǐ HSK 4 #3,901

in one's eyes / within one's vision

公里 gōnglǐ HSK 2 #3,790

kilometer

局里 júlǐ #3,564

in the bureau / at the office (of a government bureau)

克里斯 kèlǐsī #3,388

Chris (name)

哈里 hālǐ #3,255

Harry (name) / Harry (transliteration)

屋里 wūlǐ #2,837

inside the room / indoors