HSK 2 · Food

羊肉 yángròu “lamb” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 羊肉 means

  1. lamb
  2. mutton
  3. goat meat

How to say 羊肉

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale羊yáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale肉ròu4th tone, falling

羊肉 in a sentence

  1. 比起羊肉我更喜欢牛肉。

    Bǐqǐ yángròu wǒ gèng xǐhuan niúròu.

    I prefer beef to lamb.

    Sentence #9007593 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我喜欢吃烤羊肉串。

    Wǒ xǐhuan chī kǎo yángròu chuàn.

    I like eating lamb skewers.

    Sentence #2109940 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你们想吃几串烤羊肉？

    Nǐmen xiǎng chī jǐ chuàn kǎo yángròu?

    How many lamb skewers would you like?

    Sentence #419726 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 羊肉 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 羊 (yáng) drawn as one shape
羊yángsheep; goat

羊 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a sheep’s head with its curved horns: sheep.

The character 肉 (ròu) with each of its parts in a different colour
肉ròumeat
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 仌frozen · bīng

Memory aidDrawn from a cut of meat showing its grain: meat.

How to write 羊肉

羊 6 strokes · 肉 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

羊肉 (yángròu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 羊肉 (yángròu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 羊肉

Words with 羊

羊yáng · sheep

Words with 肉

肉ròu · meat肌肉jīròu · muscle

More words: Food & Drink

早饭zǎofàn · breakfast牛奶niúnǎi · milk鸡蛋jīdàn · egg西瓜xīguā · watermelon鱼yú · fish面条miàntiáo · noodles咖啡kāfēi · coffee饭馆fànguǎn · restaurant

In the Chinese zodiac

羊yáng · Year of the Goat

羊 is the goat of the Chinese zodiac.

FAQs

羊肉 (yángròu) means “lamb” or “mutton”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it yángròu: yáng with a 2nd tone, then ròu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 羊肉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yangrou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 羊肉 from the suggestions. Typing yangrou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
羊肉 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.