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。

肉夾饃 sign in traditional script

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ròujiāmó, ròujiámó

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄇㄛˊ, ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: ròujiāmó
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄇㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowjiamo
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: ròujiámó
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowjyamo
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/

Noun

肉夾饃

rou jia mo (a 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.