五花肉

wǔhuāròu
noun #38,742

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork

Examples

Hóngshāoròu yídìng yào yòng wǔhuāròu.
Red-braised pork must be made with pork belly.
Tā mǎi le bàn jīn wǔhuāròu zhǔnbèi zuò huíguōròu.
He bought half a jin of pork belly to make twice-cooked pork.

Tips

memory
= 'five flowers', referring to the alternating layers of fat and lean meat visible on the cut — five 'patterns' stacked like blossoms. Once you see a slab, the name locks in.

Stroke Order

huā
ròu