里脊 (lǐji) · tenderloin, loin (of pork, beef etc.)

Meanings

1 tenderloin
2 loin (of pork, beef etc.)

About the ingredient

The long, lean strip of meat along the backbone, boneless and tender; on a menu it usually means pork. Cut into strips for stir-fries, or battered and deep-fried as in sweet and sour pork.

Also called 里脊肉

Used in 9 dishes

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

请给我一斤猪里脊。

Qǐng gěi wǒ yì jīn zhū lǐji.

Please give me a jin of pork tenderloin.

HSK 7-9

里脊肉嫩，适合做糖醋里脊。

Lǐji ròu nèn, shìhé zuò tángcù lǐji.

Tenderloin is tender - perfect for sweet-and-sour pork.

Tips

memory

里 (inside) + 脊 (spine) - the strip of muscle running along the inside of the spine, the most tender cut on the animal. The second syllable is toneless (lǐji).