肉 (ròu): meat, flesh, pulp (of a fruit)
肉 (ròu) is a Chinese character meaning “meat.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冂 (structural) and 仌 (structural). It ranks #1008 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 肉 meat on the ribs of an animal. Its radical form 肉 (meat) appears in many related characters such as 能 (néng, can), 背 (bèi, the back of a body or object), 胜 (shèng, victory).
Definitions
- meat
- flesh
- pulp (of a fruit)
Etymology & Origin
pictographicMeat on the ribs of an animal
Decomposition: ⿻冂仌 (layout: overlay)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 肉
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛肉noun | niú ròu | beef |
| 鸡肉noun | jī ròu | chicken meat |
| 肉体noun | ròu tǐ | physical body |
| 烤肉noun | kǎo ròu | to barbecue meat |
| 猪肉noun | zhū ròu | pork |
| 熏肉noun | xūn ròu | bacon |
| 血肉noun | xuè ròu | flesh |
| 肉丸noun | ròu wán | meatball |
| 肉饼noun | ròu bǐng | meat patty |
| 肉桂noun | ròu guì | Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) |
| 肥肉noun | féi ròu | fat (e.g. pork fat) |
| 羊肉noun | yáng ròu | mutton |
| 肉酱noun | ròu jiàng | minced meat sauce |
| 肉汁noun | ròu zhī | meat stock |
| 骨肉noun | gǔ ròu | blood relation |
肉 appears in 100 compound words: 49 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 肉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (15)
feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom); deep friendship
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing 肉.
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了肉字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le ròu zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "肉" in the dictionary.
苗栗头份圆光便当“卖一甲子” 独门保温法肉排传香半世纪
miáo 栗 tóu fèn yuán guāng biàn dāng mài yī jiǎ zǐ dú mén bǎo wēn fǎ ròu pái chuán xiāng bàn shì jì
Miaoli Toufen Yuanguang Bento "sells for a sixty-year-old" unique insulation method meat steak has been fragrant for half a century
她退货国家地理杂志服饰“控被肉搜IG” 业者回应了
tā tuì huò guó jiā dì lǐ zá zhì fú shì kòng bèi ròu sōu I G yè zhě huí yīng le
She returned National Geographic magazine clothing "accused of being searched by meat IG" The industry responded
...5万人参加:恶劣天气难挡布拉戈维申斯克谢肉节庆典
. . . 5 wàn rén cān jiā : è liè tiān qì nán dǎng bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè xiè ròu jié qìng diǎn
... 50,000 people participated: bad weather could not stop the Blagoveshchensk Thanksgiving Meat Day celebration
台南“林家肉燥饭”宣布复活回归!网:请继续发光发热
tái nán lín jiā ròu zào fàn xuān bù fù huó huí guī ! wǎng : qǐng jì xù fā guāng fā rè
Tainan's "Lin's Pork Rice" announced its resurrection and return! Net: Please continue to shine
倒酱油、拌肉馅,看春晚机器人化身“新春大厨”
dǎo jiàng yóu , bàn ròu xiàn , kàn chūn wǎn jī qì rén huà shēn xīn chūn dà chú
Pour soy sauce, mix meat filling, and watch the Spring Festival Gala robot transform into a "New Year chef"
叫个清蒸鲈鱼好呢，还是蚝油牛肉好？
Jiào gè qīngzhēng lúyú hǎo ne, háishi háoyóu niúròu hǎo?
Should we order the steamed perch or the beef with oyster sauce?
你想再来些牛肉吗？
Nǐ xiǎng zài lái xiē niúròu ma?
Would you like some more beef?
人没了猪肉怎么活啊？
Rén méile zhūròu zěnme huó ā?
How can one live without pork?
您上次吃鹿肉是什么时候？
Nín shàngcì chī lùròu shì shénmeshíhou?
When was the last time you ate venison?
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