老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 馅饼 餡餅 xiàn bǐng meat pie / pie / pasty 鸡肉 雞肉 jī ròu chicken meat 烤肉 kǎo ròu to barbecue meat / to roast meat / barbecued meat / roast meat syn 肉饼 肉餅 ròu bǐng meat patty 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 羊肉 yáng ròu mutton / goat meat 肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces 肉汁 ròu zhī meat stock 肉类 肉類 ròu lèi meat syn 鱼肉 魚肉 yú ròu flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) syn 肉汤 肉湯 ròu tāng meat soup / broth syn 肉馅 肉餡 ròu xiàn ground meat / mincemeat 烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake syn 生肉 shēng ròu raw meat syn 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn 狗肉 gǒu ròu dog meat 鱼片 魚片 yú piàn fish fillet / slice of fish meat 肉片 ròu piàn meat slice syn 菜肴 菜餚 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes / dish syn 宰杀 宰殺 zǎi shā to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher syn 虾仁 蝦仁 xiā rén shrimp meat / shelled shrimp 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 腊肉 臘肉 là ròu cured meat / bacon syn 肉末 ròu mò ground meat syn 瘦肉 shòu ròu lean meat 白肉 bái ròu plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc) syn 肉质 肉質 ròu zhì quality of meat / succulent (botany) 绞肉机 絞肉機 jiǎo ròu jī meat grinder 劈柴 pǐ chái chopped wood / firewood 肉松 肉鬆 ròu sōng meat floss / shredded dried pork syn 肉鸡 肉雞 ròu jī chicken raised for meat / broiler / (computing) zombie / infected computer in a botnet 葱花 蔥花 cōng huā chopped green onions 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 清炖 清燉 qīng dùn to stew meat without seasoning 挂羊头卖狗肉 掛羊頭賣狗肉 guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue syn 肉丁 ròu dīng diced meat 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 原汁 yuán zhī juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables) / stock (obtained by simmering meat) 吃肉 chī ròu to eat meat 肉丝 肉絲 ròu sī shredded meat / shredded pork syn 肉棒 ròu bàng meat stick / penis 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 鸡丁 雞丁 jī dīng diced chicken meat 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 碎肉 suì ròu ground meat / mincemeat 羊头 羊頭 yáng tóu sheep's head / fig. advertisement for good meat 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 开荤 開葷 kāi hūn to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience 肠粉 腸粉 cháng fěn rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc 吃斋 吃齋 chī zhāi to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian syn 合子 hé zi pasty (i.e. pastry stuffed with meat or vegetables) 炖肉 燉肉 dùn ròu to stew meat / stewed meat 肉夹馍 肉夾饃 ròu jiā mó lit. meat wedged in steamed bun / "Chinese burger" / sliced meat sandwich popular in north China 荤腥 葷腥 hūn xīng meat and fish syn 肉 ròu meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130 syn 松 鬆 sōng loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn 丁 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn 腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 剁 duò to chop up (meat etc) / to chop off (sb's hand etc) syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 剔 tī to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out syn 燥 zào dry / parched / impatient / vexed / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat syn 斋 齋 zhāi to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk) syn 腊 臘 là ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month syn 腊 xī dried meat / also pr. [xi2] syn 蟹肉 xiè ròu crab meat 烩 燴 huì to braise / to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water syn 饺 餃 jiǎo dumplings with meat filling syn 荤 葷 hūn strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene syn 脯 fǔ dried meat / preserved fruit syn 脍 膾 kuài chopped meat or fish 醢 hǎi minced meat / pickled meat syn 齑 齏 jī finely chopped meat or vegetables / powdered or fragmentary 卤肉 滷肉 lǔ ròu stewed meat 腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat 肉骨粉 ròu gǔ fěn meat 菜牛 cài niú beef cattle (grown for meat) 燔 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice syn 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 脔 臠 luán skinny / sliced meat syn 脩 xiū dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried / withered 腩 nǎn brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin 肉冻 肉凍 ròu dòng aspic / meat jelly 茹毛饮血 茹毛飲血 rú máo yǐn xuè devour raw meat and fowl (of savages) syn 冻肉 凍肉 dòng ròu cold or frozen meat 盖浇饭 蓋澆飯 gài jiāo fàn rice with meat and vegetables syn 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 粩 lāo a traditional pastry of Taiwan and Fujian which is fried, then coated with maltose and rolled in sesame seeds or chopped peanuts etc / Taiwan pr. [lao3] 膰 fán cooked meat used in sacrifice 臛 huò (literary) meat broth 膴 hū big piece of meat / dried meat 胾 zì cut meat into pieces / diced meat 胔 zì rotten meat / bones of dead animal 餚 yáo variant of 殽|肴, meat dishes / mixed viands 肰 rán dog meat / old variant of 然[ran2] 