肉骨头 (ròugǔtou) · meat bones (esp. for broth or soup)

Measure Word

一块肉骨头 kuài

Meanings

1 meat bones (esp. for broth or soup)
2 bone with meat still attached

About the ingredient

Bones, usually pork, chopped into pieces with some meat and gristle still on, sold by butchers for soup. They are blanched, then simmered for hours into a rich broth, and the meat left on them is eaten too.

Used in 1 dish

酱骨头 jiànggǔtou

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

把剩下的肉骨头给狗当晚餐吧。

Bǎ shèngxià de ròugǔtou gěi gǒu dāng wǎncān ba.

Give the leftover meat bones to the dog for dinner.

HSK 7-9

妈妈用肉骨头熬了一锅高汤。

Māma yòng ròugǔtou áo le yì guō gāotāng.

Mom simmered a pot of stock with meat bones.

Tips

usage

肉骨头 emphasizes the bone-with-meat aspect - distinct from plain 骨头 (bones, possibly bare). Used in cooking contexts (broth-making) and casually for the kind of chewy bone scraps fed to dogs.