美味牛肝菌

měiwèi niúgānjùn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 porcini mushroom (Boletus edulis)
  2. 2 king bolete

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yúnnán shèngchǎn měiwèi niúgānjùn.
Yunnan produces an abundance of porcini mushrooms.
HSK 7-9
Yìdàlì cài chángyòng měiwèi niúgānjùn zuò yìmiàn jiàng.
Italian cooking often uses porcini for pasta sauce.

Tips

memory
Three-part name: 美味 ('delicious') + 牛肝 ('ox liver,' for the rust-brown cap) + ('fungus / mushroom'). The whole bolete genus is 牛肝菌; this species is the 'delicious' one.
culture
Yunnan markets sell huge fresh and dried supplies in the rainy season; the same species is the prized 'porcino' of Italian cuisine.

Stroke Order

měi
wèi
niú
gān
jūn