炸鱼 (zhá yú) — deep-fried fish | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

deep-fried fish

Measure word · 条

Examples

炸鱼。
Jīn tiān wǎn fàn wǒ men chī le yí dà pán zhá yú.
We ate a large plate of deep-fried fish for dinner today.
炸鱼。
Zhè jiā cān tīng de zhá yú fēi cháng sū cuì.
The deep-fried fish at this restaurant is very crispy.
炸鱼。
zhá yú Shì wǒ de zuì ài zhī yī.
Deep-fried fish is one of my favorites.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

炸 tells how the 鱼 is cooked, as in deep-fried fish.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

Appears in

Cooking Meat & Seafood

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