Chinese word

去骨

Pronunciation

Pinyinqù gǔ

Meaning

  • verbdebone

Example

你可以帮我把这块鸡肉去骨吗？nǐ ké yǐ bāng wǒ bǎ zhè kuài jī ròu qù gǔ ma

Can you help me debone this piece of chicken?

Illustration for 去骨 (debone)

More examples

店员帮我把鸡胸肉去骨了。diàn yuán bāng wǒ bǎ jī xiōng ròu qù gǔ le

The shop assistant helped me debone the chicken breast.

Core concept

The edible portion is freed from a hard inner structure, while the useful flesh remains.

Common phrases

  • 把鸡胸肉去骨bǎ jī xiōng ròu qù gǔ

    debone chicken breast

  • 把鸡腿去骨bǎ jī tuǐ qù gǔ

    debone chicken thigh

Similar words

去掉骨头qù diào gǔ tou: Take bones away from meat or fish until none remain.
剔骨tī gǔ: Carefully take the bones out of meat or fish one at a time.

Definition in Chinese

指在处理食材时将骨与可食部分分离的行为，可通过手工挑拣或用刀切除实现。zhǐ zài chú lǐ shí cái shí jiāng gǔ yǔ kě shí bù fèn fēn lí de xíng wéi kě tōng guò shǒu gōng tiāo jiǎn huò yòng dāo qiē chú shí xiàn

Word origin

The compound 去 (qù, "remove") + 骨 (gǔ, "bone") directly describes taking bones away from food, which makes the word easy to connect with its culinary use.

Usage tips

  • Chinese can put the ingredient before the preparation action in a 把 (bǎ, "object marker") sentence, while English usually places the ingredient after the verb.

Other meanings

  • bonelessadjective

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