松鼠桂鱼 (sōngshǔ guìyú): squirrel mandarin fish

Measure Word

一道松鼠桂鱼 dào

Meanings

1 squirrel mandarin fish
2 deep-fried mandarin fish scored to resemble a squirrel and topped with sweet-and-sour sauce

Characters

rodent; 松鼠 = squirrel

桂

guì

cassia; here short for 桂鱼

鱼

yú

fish

Examples

HSK 7-9

松鼠桂鱼是苏州名菜。

Sōngshǔ guìyú shì Sūzhōu míngcài.

Squirrel mandarin fish is a famous Suzhou dish.

HSK 7-9

上菜时服务员在鱼上浇了热糖醋汁，发出滋滋声。

Shàngcài shí fúwùyuán zài yú shàng jiāo le rè tángcùzhī, fāchū zīzī shēng.

When serving, the waiter poured hot sweet-and-sour sauce over the fish, making a sizzling sound.

Tips

culture

Classic Suzhou dish. The fish is scored in a crosshatch pattern so that deep-frying makes the flesh bloom outward like a squirrel's tail.

Stroke Order

松 sōng

鼠 shǔ

桂 guì

鱼 yú

Related Words

松鼠尾 sōngshǔwěi

squirrel tail / 'squirrel-tail' - a shape category for certain plant or fruit varieties

松鼠 sōngshǔ #6,681

squirrel

酸汤鱼 suāntāngyú

sour-soup fish / Miao-style Guizhou sour fish stew

鱼汁 yúzhī

fish sauce / fish broth / juice released when cooking fish

剁椒鱼头 duòjiāo yútóu

steamed fish head with chopped chilies / Hunan signature dish of fish head topped with pickled red chili

红烧鱼 hóngshāoyú

braised fish in soy sauce / red-cooked fish

牛尾鱼 niúwěiyú

flathead fish (family Platycephalidae) / literally 'oxtail fish', an elongated bottom-dwelling marine fish

滩头鱼 tāntóuyú

beachhead fish / shoal-dwelling fish (regional name for certain river fish)

鱼浆 yújiāng

fish paste / surimi; minced fish slurry used in fish balls, cakes, and seafood products

鱼医 yúyī

fish doctor / cleaner fish (esp. cleaner wrasse) / fish veterinarian