牛扒

niúpá

noun

Measure Word

一块牛扒 kuài

Meanings

1 beef steak (Cantonese/HK usage)

Characters

steak (Cantonese loan, from 'pá-té')

Examples

他在茶餐厅点了一份铁板牛扒。

Tā zài chácāntīng diǎn le yī fèn tiěbǎn niúpá.

He ordered a sizzling-plate beef steak at the cha chaan teng.

这家店的牛扒做得很嫩。

Zhèjiā diàn de niúpá zuò de hěn nèn.

This restaurant's steak is cooked very tender.

Tips

register

Cantonese / Hong Kong variant of 牛排 (niúpái). Standard term in Hong Kong cha chaan tengs (茶餐厅) and Macau, where it usually means a thinner cut served on a sizzling iron plate (铁板) with black-pepper sauce. In mainland menus 牛排 is more common.

Stroke Order

牛 niú

扒 bā