肉排 (ròu pái) — steak (a thick slice of meat, often beef or por…

Definition

noun

steak (a thick slice of meat, often beef or pork)spareribsribs (a cut of meat from the rib area)

Measure word · 块

肉排，。
Wǒ diǎn le yí fèn jiān ròu pái, pèi le shǔ tiáo hé shā lā.
I ordered a pan-fried steak with fries and salad.
肉排，。
Zhè jiā cān tīng de ròu pái kǎo dé hěn xiāng, wài jiāo lǐ nèn.
This restaurant's ribs are roasted very fragrant, crispy outside and tender inside.
肉排，、。
Zhè zhǒng ròu pái de zuò fǎ yǒu hěn duō zhǒng, kě yǐ jiān, kǎo huò hóng shāo.
There are many ways to cook this kind of meat cut; you can pan-fry, roast, or braise in soy sauce.

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.

肉 is meat, and 排 is a cutlet or rib-like piece; together it names a steak or rib cut.

Characters in this word

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

The original shape of 肉 showed ribs of an animal’s torso, or simply a slice of meat.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌非排

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

非

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

排 uses 扌 (hand) to show arranging something with the hand, and 非 for the sound; this gives the sense of placing things in a line.

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