鲢鱼 (liányú) · silver carp

Measure Word

一条鲢鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 silver carp

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A silvery freshwater carp, farmed in huge numbers alongside grass carp and bighead carp. Its tender, mild flesh is full of fine bones between the muscles, which makes it fiddly to eat.

Contains fish

Also called 白鲢、鲢子

Used in 1 dish

太安鱼 Tài'ānyú

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

鲢鱼很便宜，很多人用它做鱼汤。

Liányú hěn piányi, hěnduō rén yòng tā zuò yútāng.

Silver carp is cheap, and many people make fish soup with it.

HSK 7-9

鲢鱼吃水里的浮游生物，能让水质变好。

Liányú chī shuǐ lǐ de fúyóu shēngwù, néng ràng shuǐzhì biàn hǎo.

Silver carp feed on plankton in the water, which helps keep the water clean.

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culture

One of the four domestic carps (四大家鱼), also called 白鲢 for its silvery scales. In the United States, escaped silver carp became an invasive 'Asian carp', known for leaping out of rivers at passing boats.