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Typical photo

Photo credit

Photo
Peking duck by Mr Wabu in Beijing
By
Mr Wabu
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Peking duck with sugar scallion
By
Mcyjerry
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

Photo credit

Photo
Peking duck wrap 1
By
joyosity
Licence
CC BY 2.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

烤鸭

烤鴨
kǎoyā
Also on menus as 北京烤鸭
noun Not spicy #32,210

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 roast duck

About the dish

京菜 Beijing · 热菜 Hot dish

Roast duck with crisp, fatty skin, sliced and eaten rolled in thin wheat pancakes with sweet bean sauce, scallion and cucumber.

Usually contains wheat

Characters

Roasted duck - the iconic Beijing dish.

Examples

HSK 3
Qù Běijīng yídìng yào chī kǎoyā.
You must eat roast duck when you go to Beijing.
HSK 5
Zhè jiā diàn de kǎoyā xūyào tíqián yùdìng.
This restaurant's roast duck needs to be reserved in advance.
HSK 6
Běijīng kǎoyā shì Zhōngguó zuì yǒumíng de cài zhīyī.
Beijing roast duck is one of China's most famous dishes.

Stroke Order

烤 kǎo
鸭 yā