肉片(にくへん)

A compound of 肉(にく) (meat) and 片(へん) (piece, fragment). Used in cooking and food descriptions to refer to cut or sliced pieces of meat. The 片(へん) suffix appears in other food-related compounds like 魚片(ぎょへん) (piece of fish).

Common collocations

• 薄切(うすぎ)りの肉片(にくへん): thinly sliced pieces of meat
• 肉片(にくへん)を炒(いた)める: to stir-fry pieces of meat
• 肉片(にくへん)を煮込(にこ)む: to stew pieces of meat

Similar words

• 肉(にく): meat (general) — the basic word, does not imply it is cut into pieces
• 切(き)り身(み): fillet, cut of meat or fish — more specific to a prepared cut
• 薄切(うすぎ)り肉(にく): thinly sliced meat — specifies the cutting method
• 角切(かくぎ)り肉(にく): cubed meat — specifies the shape of the cut