炸肉

zháròu
noun #32,044

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 fried meat
  2. 2 deep-fried meat (dish)

Examples

Māma zuò de zháròu tèbié xiāng.
The fried meat my mom makes is especially fragrant.
Wǒ diǎn le yī fèn zháròu hé mǐfàn.
I ordered a portion of fried meat and rice.

Tips

usage
has two readings depending on the verb sense: zhá (2nd tone) = 'to deep-fry' (cooking), zhà (4th tone) = 'to explode'. In 炸肉 it's zhá — fried, not exploded meat. Compare 炸鸡 (zhájī, 'fried chicken'), 炸薯条 (zháshǔtiáo, 'french fries').
mistakes
Be careful not to read this as zhàròu — that would suggest 'exploding meat'. The cooking sense is always zhá.

Stroke Order

zhà
ròu