Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

meat; flesh

Chinese: 肉,也指身体肌肉或食用肉类。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “rou” becomes a different word in each tone. 肉 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 羊肉yáng ròumutton; goat meat
  • 肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh
  • 烤肉kǎo ròuto barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat
  • 人肉rén ròuto crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing); human
  • 大肉dà ròupork

Example Sentence

我喜欢吃妈妈做的红烧肉。Wǒ xǐ huan chī mā ma zuò de hóng shāo ròu.I like the braised pork my mom makes.

I喜欢xǐ huanto likechīto eat妈妈mā mamamazuòto makedeof红烧肉hóng shāo ròured braised pork