泥丁 (nídīng) · sipunculid peanut worm (edible marine worm)

Meanings

1 sipunculid peanut worm (edible marine worm)
2 mud-worm

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A small brown worm dug from the mudflats of the Fujian and Guangdong coasts, chewy and crunchy once cleaned. Boiled, it sets in its own jelly as 土笋冻; it is also pickled or cooked in soups and stir-fries.

Also called 土笋

Used in 1 dish

土笋冻 tǔsǔndòng

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

土笋冻是用泥丁做的。

Tǔsǔndòng shì yòng nídīng zuò de.

Sea worm jelly is made from peanut worms.

HSK 7-9

渔民在退潮时的滩涂上挖泥丁。

Yúmín zài tuìcháo shí de tāntú shàng wā nídīng.

Fishermen dig for peanut worms on the mudflats at low tide.

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culture

Also called 土笋 or 可口革囊星虫: a sipunculid worm dug from coastal mudflats in southern China. Southern Fujian sets it into 土笋冻 (sea worm jelly); on the Leizhou Peninsula it is usually pickled. 沙虫 is a different worm, longer and thinner.