鱼浆 (yújiāng): fish paste

Meanings

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

Characters

鱼

Examples

鱼丸是用鱼浆做的。

Yúwán shì yòng yújiāng zuò de.

Fish balls are made from fish paste.

这家店的鱼浆新鲜Q弹。

Zhè jiā diàn de yújiāng xīnxiān Q tán.

This shop's fish paste is fresh and bouncy.

Tips

culture

鱼浆 is the base for many Asian seafood staples: Japanese kamaboko/surimi, Taiwanese 鱼丸 (fish balls), Chaoshan 鱼饺 (fish dumplings). Minced fish meat is pounded with salt until it forms an elastic paste.

Stroke Order

鱼 yú

浆 jiāng

Related Words

鱼医 yúyī

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

鱼汁 yúzhī

fish sauce / fish broth / juice released when cooking 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)

鱼胆 yúdǎn

fish gallbladder / fish bile

鱼罐头 yúguàntou

canned fish / tinned fish

鱼火锅 yúhuǒguō

fish hotpot / fish-based hot pot

鱼生 yúshēng

raw fish / sashimi-style sliced raw fish / yusheng (Lunar New Year salad)

鱼头火锅 yútóuhuǒguō

fish-head hot pot / hot pot featuring a large fish head as the base

鱼香肉丝 yúxiāngròusī

yuxiang shredded pork; 'fish-fragrant' pork strips (classic Sichuan dish, contains no fish)