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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 馅饼 餡餅 xiàn bǐng meat pie / pie / pasty 鸡肉 雞肉 jī ròu chicken meat 烤肉 kǎo ròu to barbecue meat /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 倾斜 傾斜 qīng xié to incline / to lean / to slant / to slope / to tilt 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 俯身 fǔ shēn to lean over / to bend over / to stoop / to bow 烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake syn 倚靠 yǐ kào to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair syn 生肉 shēng ròu raw meat syn 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn 凑近 湊近 còu jìn to approach / to lean close to 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 菜色 cài sè dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition) 肉末 ròu mò ground meat syn 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 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 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 凭栏 憑欄 píng lán to lean on a parapet 倚仗 yǐ zhàng to lean on / to rely on 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 紧靠 緊靠 jǐn kào to be right next to / to lean closely against syn 肉丝 肉絲 ròu sī shredded meat / shredded pork syn 前倾 前傾 qián qīng to lean forward 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 探身 tàn shēn to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc) 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 靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn 肉 ròu meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130 syn 凭 憑 píng to lean against / to rely on / on the basis of / no matter (how, what etc) / proof 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 侧 側 cè the side / to incline towards / to lean / inclined / lateral / side syn 侧 側 zhāi lean on one side 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 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent syn 偏 piān to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations syn 伏 fú to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt syn 倾 傾 qīng to overturn / to collapse / to lean / to tend / to incline / to pour out syn 隐 隱 yìn to lean upon 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 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 乐安 樂安 lè ān Le'an county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi 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 拄 zhǔ to lean on / to prop on syn 蟹肉 xiè ròu crab meat 烩 燴 huì to braise / to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water syn 倚 yǐ to lean on / to rely upon 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 羸 léi entangled / lean 厦 廈 shà (bound form) tall building / mansion / (bound form) rear annex / lean-to / Taiwan pr. [xia4] 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 