How to say "I'm allergic to peanuts" in Chinese

When To Use It

"I'm allergic to peanuts" maps to 我对花生过敏 (wǒ duì huāshēng guòmǐn), a urgent food phrase for restaurant situations.

Use it with servers, vendors, or food-stall staff when ordering, clarifying ingredients, or managing a meal politely.

Practice it first exactly as written, then swap in your own people, places, or objects so it becomes part of your active speaking repertoire.

Tone And Delivery

The register is urgent, so speed and clarity take priority over elegance. Deliver it firmly, then add the key detail right away.

Because this is marked intermediate, focus on when it sounds natural, not just how to translate it word for word.

A good practice target is the example sentence 我对花生过敏，请不要放花生。 (wǒ duì huāshēng guòmǐn, qǐng bú yào fàng huāshēng.). Once that feels natural, shorten your pause and try it at conversation speed.

Practice Ideas

This phrase becomes more useful when you learn it as part of a mini-sequence. After saying it, a natural next step could be 蚂蚁上树 (mǎ yǐ shàng shù).

A second nearby phrase to review is 飞鱼族 (fēi yú zú), which helps you stay in the same topic instead of translating from scratch again.

• Read the example “I'm allergic to peanuts. Please don't add peanuts.” aloud, then replace one detail with your own information.
• Pair it with “"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree)” next so your conversation does not stop after a single line.
• In urgent contexts, slow down just enough for the listener to catch the key nouns after the main phrase.
• If you hear a slightly different version in the wild, compare the tone and context before treating it as interchangeable.