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柴鱼片

chái yú piàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-4108708d13f94a89. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

柴魚片 柴鱼片 [chai2 yu2 pian4] /katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)/

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Other forms in these source records: 柴魚片

  • 柴
    chái

    firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person)

    Chái

    surname Chai

  • 鱼
    yú

    fish (CL:條|条[tiáo],尾[wěi]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bào yú], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[è yú] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhāng yú])

    Yú

    surname Yu

  • 片
    piān

    disk / sheet

    piàn

    thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yī]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.