武昌鱼 (Wǔchāngyú) · Wuchang fish (Megalobrama amblycephala)

Measure Word

一条武昌鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 Wuchang fish (Megalobrama amblycephala)
2 blunt-snout bream from the Wuchang area

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A flat, deep-bodied freshwater bream with silvery scales and a small head, farmed widely in Hubei. Its tender white flesh has many fine bones; it is usually steamed whole with ginger and scallion, or braised.

Contains fish

Also called 团头鲂

Used in 1 dish

清蒸武昌鱼 qīngzhēng Wǔchāngyú

Characters

prosperous (place name)

鱼

yú

fish

Examples

HSK 7-9

清蒸武昌鱼是湖北的招牌菜。

Qīngzhēng Wǔchāngyú shì Húběi de zhāopáicài.

Steamed Wuchang fish is Hubei's signature dish.

HSK 7-9

毛主席的诗里写过"才饮长沙水，又食武昌鱼"。

Máo zhǔxí de shī lǐ xiě guò " cáiyǐnchángshāshuǐ, yòushíwǔchāngyú ".

Chairman Mao's poem reads: 'Just drank Changsha water, now eating Wuchang fish.'

Tips

history

Mao Zedong's 1956 poem 《水调歌头·游泳》 - 才饮长沙水，又食武昌鱼 - turned this Hubei bream into a national symbol. The fish itself is older: a Three Kingdoms ditty 《三国志·吴志》 'rather drink Jianye water than eat Wuchang fish' protested moving the Wu capital to Wuchang.