方腿 (fāngtuǐ) · square ham (a pressed, processed ham loaf)

Measure Word

一块方腿 kuài

Meanings

1 square ham (a pressed, processed ham loaf)
2 boxed ham

About the ingredient

Pressed ham: pork, often finely minced, moulded into a rectangular block and cooked, sold whole or sliced in plastic film. It is ready to eat and mostly sliced cold for sandwiches.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

超市里有各种品牌的方腿。

Chāoshì lǐ yǒu gèzhǒng pǐnpái de fāngtuǐ.

The supermarket has square ham from various brands.

HSK 6

三明治里夹了几片方腿。

Sānmíngzhì lǐ jiā le jǐ piàn fāngtuǐ.

There are a few slices of square ham in the sandwich.

Tips

memory

Literally 'square leg' - a processed-meat product pressed into a rectangular block, sliced for sandwiches and bento. Distinct from 火腿 (huǒtuǐ, 'fire-leg') which can mean either traditional dry-cured ham (e.g. 金华火腿) or generic ham. 方腿 specifically signals the cheap pressed-loaf style.