You probably know the word “rou” in Chinese language. It means meat. We sometimes combine the word “rou” with animals.It is often expressed which kind of meat. For example, if we say beef, we can say “niurou” which is formed by animal cattle add the word “rou”.If you read Chinese menus, you’ll often just see 鸡 (jī),鱼(yú)and 羊(yáng) with the rou left implicit.

zhū ròu
猪肉
pork

niú ròu
牛肉
beef

jī ròu
鸡肉
chicken

yú ròu
鱼肉
fish

yáng ròu
羊肉
mutton

yā ròu
鸭肉

 

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