鳜鱼 (guìyú) · mandarin fish, Chinese perch

Measure Word

一条鳜鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 mandarin fish
2 Chinese perch

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A freshwater fish with dark mottled sides and sharp spines on its back and gill covers. Its tender flesh has no fine bones; it is usually steamed whole, or deep-fried whole as Suzhou's squirrel fish.

Contains fish

Also called 桂鱼、桂花鱼

Used in 3 dishes

臭鳜鱼 chòuguìyú

松鼠桂鱼 sōngshǔ guìyú

清蒸桂鱼 qīngzhēng guìyú

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

今天市场上的鳜鱼很新鲜。

Jīntiān shìchǎng shàng de guìyú hěn xīnxiān.

The mandarin fish at the market today is very fresh.

HSK 7-9

鳜鱼肉质细嫩，刺也很少，很适合清蒸。

Guìyú ròuzhì xìnèn, cì yě hěn shǎo, hěn shìhé qīngzhēng.

Mandarin fish has tender flesh and few bones, so it's perfect for steaming.

Tips

culture

鳜鱼 is one of the prized freshwater fish of the Yangtze region. Suzhou fries it into 松鼠鳜鱼 'squirrel-shaped mandarin fish', Anhui ferments it into 臭鳜鱼, and the Tang poet Zhang Zhihe celebrated it in the line 桃花流水鳜鱼肥.