肉片 (ròu piàn) — sliced meat | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sliced meat

Measure word · 片

Examples

肉片。
Wǒ cóng chāo shì mǎi le ròu piàn.
I bought sliced meat from the supermarket.
肉片。
Huǒ guō lǐ fàng le hěn duō ròu piàn.
A lot of sliced meat was put in the hotpot.
肉片。
Zhè dào cài de zhǔ yào shí cái shì ròu piàn.
The main ingredient of this dish is sliced meat.

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.

“肉” (meat) and “片” (slice) combine to denote a thin slice of meat.

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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