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肉
ròu
1. meat
2. flesh
3. pulp (of a fruit)
4. (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
5. (of a person) flabby
6. irresolute
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

肉
ròu
meat; flesh
HSK 2 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

元肉
yuánròu
dried longan pulp
入肉
rùròu
to have interbook
冻肉
dòngròu
cold or frozen meat
多肉
duōròu
fleshy
大肉
dàròu
pork
息肉
xīròu
(medicine) polyp
扣肉
kòuròu
steamed pork
果肉
guǒròu
pulp
横肉
héngròu
fierce-looking
卤肉
lǔròu
stewed meat
烤肉
kǎoròu
barbecue (lit. roast meat)
焢肉
kòngròu
slow-braised pork belly (Tw)
烟肉
yānròu
bacon
炖肉
dùnròu
stewed meat
熏肉
xūnròu
bacon
爌肉
kòngròu
slow-braised pork belly (Tw)
牛肉
niúròu
beef
狗肉
gǒuròu
dog meat
生肉
shēngròu
raw meat
瘜肉
xīròu
variant of [[息肉<xīròu>]]

Example Sentences (1)

没关系，我想给你做点儿羊肉饺子，刚才用刀切肉的时候把手弄破了。
Méi guānxì, wǒ xiǎng gěi nǐ zuò diǎnr yángròu jiǎozǐ, gāngcái yòng dāo qiē ròu de shíhòu bǎ shǒu nòng pò le.
It's okay, I wanted to make you some lamb dumplings, and I cut my hand just now while cutting the meat with a knife.
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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
1,008
Word Frequency Rank
1,036 of 84,292
Radical Number
130