肉夾饃

肉夾饃

See also: 肉夹馍

Chinese

		meat; flesh
trad. (肉夾饃)		肉	夾饃
simp. (肉夹馍)		肉	夹馍
Literally: “meat sandwich”.

肉夾饃。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròujiāmó, ròujiámó, ròugāmó

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄇㄛˊ, ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ, ㄖㄡˋ ㄍㄚ ㄇㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròujiāmó
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròujiamó
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-chia¹-mo²
    • Yale: ròu-jyā-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowjiamo
    • Palladius: жоуцзямо (žouczjamo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ mwɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròugāmó
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄍㄚ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròugamó
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-ka¹-mo²
    • Yale: ròu-gā-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowgamo
    • Palladius: жоугамо (žougamo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ kä⁵⁵ mwɔ³⁵/

Noun

肉夾饃

1. roujiamo (sliced meat sandwich popular in northern China)

Usage notes

Many erroneously interpret this term as 肉 (ròu, “meat”) + 夾／夹 (jiā, “to sandwich; to press from both sides”) + 饃／馍 (mó, “bun”), i.e. “the meat sandwiches the bun”, which is obviously the opposite of reality.

Descendants

• → English: roujiamo

See also

• 刈包 (yìbāo)