肉 (ròu) — meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit)
Definition
肉 (ròu) is 'meat' (the food, as in 三斤肉) or the flesh of fruit. Distinct from 肌肉 (muscle on a body) and 肌肤 (literary 'skin/flesh'). The fruit-flesh sense is a small extension of the meat sense.
noun
meatfleshpulp (of a fruit)
Measure word · 块
Examples
- 肉。Tā mǎi le sān jīn ròu.He bought three jin of meat.
- 肉？Nǐ chī ròu hái shì yú?Do you eat meat or fish?
- 肉。Zhè wǎn ròu hěn rè.This bowl of meat is hot.
Origin
Pictograph六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíngA 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.
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