带鱼 (dàiyú) · hairtail; ribbonfish; cutlassfish

Measure Word

一条带鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 hairtail; ribbonfish; cutlassfish
2 beltfish (family Trichiuridae)

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A long, flat, ribbon-shaped sea fish with no scales, silvery white and tapering to a thin point instead of a tail fin. China catches more of it than any other country; in the northeast and Shandong it is called 刀鱼.

Contains fish

Also called 白带鱼

Used in 2 dishes

红烧带鱼 hóngshāo dàiyú

干煎带鱼 gānjiān dàiyú

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

红烧带鱼是一道家常菜。

Hóngshāo dàiyú shì yí dào jiāchángcài.

Braised hairtail is a common home-cooked dish.

HSK 6

带鱼银光闪闪，像一条条带子。

Dàiyú yínguāng shǎnshǎn, xiàng yì tiáotiáo dàizi.

Hairtails gleam silver, like shimmering ribbons.

Tips

memory

The name is a perfect picture: 带 (belt/ribbon) + 鱼 (fish) = 'belt fish', because the long, flat, silvery body really does look like a glittering ribbon. Along with 黄花鱼 (yellow croaker), it is one of the four famous seafoods of China's East China Sea.