蚵嗲, photo 1 of 2
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Food 蚵嗲, 古早味蚵嗲, 永樂市場, 台北 (21544015428)
By
bryan... from Taipei, Taiwan
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Fangyuan traditional oyster fritter
By
chia ying Yang
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CC BY-SA 2.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Cropped and resized

蚵嗲

édiǎ
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 oyster fritter

About the dish

台湾菜 Taiwan · 小吃 Snack

A deep-fried patty of batter (rice and soybean, or wheat flour) filled with small oysters and chopped chives or cabbage, crisp outside and soft inside. A Taiwanese street snack, often eaten with a sweet chili sauce.

Usually contains shellfish, soy and wheat

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒmen zài Zhānghuà de yèshì mǎi le liǎng ge édiǎ, biān zǒu biān chī.
At a night market in Changhua we bought two oyster fritters and ate them as we walked.
HSK 7-9
Édiǎ shì Táiwān de yì zhǒng yóuzhá xiǎochī, lǐmian bāo zhe mǔlì hé jiǔcài.
Oyster fritters are a deep-fried Taiwanese snack filled with oysters and chives.

Tips

usage
嗲 here only spells a sound of the Hokkien name, ô-tē. It has nothing to do with its everyday meaning "coy, affected".

Stroke Order

蚵 é
嗲 diǎ