HanTrace

油条

yóu tiáo

Meaning

  • youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
  • slick and sly person

Example

我时间有点来不及,只能出门买大饼油条。

I'm running a little short on time, so I can only go out and buy flat bread and bread sticks.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

根
used for fried dough sticks
一根油条 (one fried dough stick)

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