鳙鱼 (yōngyú) · bighead carp

Measure Word

一条鳙鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 bighead carp

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A big farmed carp with a dark, mottled back and a very large head, which is steamed, braised or stewed in a clay pot. The body's firm white flesh has many small bones.

Contains fish

Also called 胖头鱼、花鲢

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

鳙鱼的头特别大。

Yōngyú de tóu tèbié dà.

The bighead carp has an especially big head.

HSK 7-9

这家店的剁椒鱼头用的是鳙鱼。

Zhè jiā diàn de duòjiāo yútóu yòng de shì yōngyú.

This restaurant makes its chopped-chili fish head with bighead carp.

Tips

usage

In everyday speech it is usually 胖头鱼 'fat-head fish' or 花鲢 'spotted silver carp'; 鳙鱼 is the standard name. One of the four domestic carps (四大家鱼), it is bought for its big, rich head, the base of 鱼头火锅 and fish-head soup.