排骨 (páigǔ) · spare ribs; pork chop; pork cutlet

Meanings

1 spare ribs; pork chop; pork cutlet
2 skinny person

About the ingredient

Pork ribs, chopped through the bone into short chunks for braising, steaming, frying and soup. In Shanghai it can also mean a fried pork chop, served with rice cakes.

Used in 16 dishes

糖醋排骨 tángcù páigǔ

红烧排骨 hóngshāo páigǔ

萝卜排骨汤 luóbo páigǔtāng

冬瓜排骨汤 dōngguā páigǔtāng

蒜香排骨 suànxiāng páigǔ

开水白菜 kāishuǐ báicài

豉汁蒸排骨 chǐzhī zhēng páigǔ

芋头蒸排骨 yùtou zhēng páigǔ

酱烧排骨 jiàngshāo páigǔ

Characters

排

pái

row; to arrange; a cut (of meat)

骨

gǔ

bone

Examples

HSK 5

他太瘦了，简直是个排骨。

Tā tài shòu le, jiǎnzhí shì gè páigǔ.

He's so thin, he's basically a bag of bones.

HSK 6

糖醋排骨是我最喜欢的菜。

Tángcù páigǔ shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de cài.

Sweet and sour spare ribs is my favorite dish.

HSK 7-9

妈妈炖了一锅排骨汤。

Māma dùn le yì guō páigǔ tāng.

Mom stewed a pot of spare rib soup.

Tips

culture

排骨 is one of the most popular ingredients in Chinese cooking. 糖醋排骨 (sweet and sour ribs) and 排骨汤 (rib soup) are classic home-cooked dishes found across China.