鲟鱼, photo 1 of 1

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Smaki Regionow Poznan 2018 fishes (1) sturgeon
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鲟鱼

鱘魚
xúnyú
noun

Measure Word

一条鲟鱼 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 sturgeon

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A large fish with rows of bony plates instead of scales and a skeleton mostly of cartilage, so its meat has no small bones. Wild sturgeon are endangered; the sturgeon sold in China is farmed, also for caviar.

Contains fish

Examples

HSK 6
Xúnyú de yúzǐjiàng fēicháng ángguì.
Sturgeon caviar is extremely expensive.
HSK 7-9
Zhōnghuá xún shì bīnwēi de xúnyú wùzhǒng.
The Chinese sturgeon is an endangered sturgeon species.

Tips

culture
中华鲟 (Chinese sturgeon) is a protected species in the Yangtze, sometimes called a "living fossil" since the lineage dates back ~140 million years.

Stroke Order

鲟 xún
鱼 yú