noun
ground beef; minced beef
Standard term for raw ground beef used in cooking.
牛ひき肉でハンバーグを作る。
I make hamburger steak with ground beef.
スーパーで牛ひき肉を買った。
I bought ground beef at the supermarket.
Compound of 牛 (gyū, 'cow/beef') + 挽き (hiki, continuative form of 挽く 'to grind') + 肉 (niku, 'meat'). The spelling ひき is often written in kana to avoid the less common kanji 挽.