鱼翅 (yúchì) · shark fin, shark fin (as a culinary ingredient)

Meanings

1 shark fin
2 shark fin (as a culinary ingredient)

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

Dried shark fin, softened by long soaking and boiling into chewy, gelatinous strands with almost no taste of their own. It is served in a rich stock as soup at weddings and banquets; cheaper soups use imitation fin.

Contains fish

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

现在很多人反对吃鱼翅。

Xiànzài hěnduō rén fǎnduì chī yúchì.

Many people now oppose eating shark fin.

HSK 5

鱼翅汤是一道传统名菜。

Yúchì tāng shì yí dào chuántǒng míngcài.

Shark fin soup is a traditional famous dish.

Tips

culture

鱼翅 (literally 'fish wing') refers specifically to shark fins, the dried cartilaginous fin rays prized for shark fin soup (鱼翅汤), historically a luxury dish at Chinese banquets. The trade is now widely opposed on conservation grounds, and many mainland banquets and Hong Kong hotels have removed it from menus.