Category: food

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• delicious — 真好吃 (zhēn hǎochī)

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• menu, please — 请给我菜单 (qǐng gěi wǒ càidān)

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• "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) — 蚂蚁上树 (mǎ yǐ shàng shù)

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• "fish" battle formation in ancient times: chariots in front, infantry behind — 鱼丽 (yú lì)

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• "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study — 飞鱼族 (fēi yú zú)

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• "keep the change" (restaurant expression) — 不用找 (bú yòng zhǎo)

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• "leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province — 擂茶 (lèi chá)

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• "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other) — 鸳鸯锅 (yuān yāng guō)

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• "three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles — 三公经费 (sān gōng jīng fèi)

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• "transparent kitchen" – a kitchen (in a restaurant, school cafeteria etc) in which food preparation processes are made visible to customers (by means of transparent glass, live video etc) to promote hygiene and ensure accountability in food safety practices — 明厨亮灶 (míng chú liàng zào)

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• "wife cake" – a thin, flaky Cantonese pastry filled with sweetened winter melon (or other mild sweet fillings) — 老婆饼 (lǎo pó bǐng)

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• "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) — 黄酒 (huáng jiǔ)

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• a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom) — 五味俱全 (wǔ wèi jù quán)

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• a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom) — 鹤立鸡群 (hè lì jī qún)

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• a delicacy (food) — 炼珍 (liàn zhēn)

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• a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge) — 脱水机 (tuō shuǐ jī)

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• a famous wine — 名酒 (míng jiǔ)

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• a fish moving about in water — 游鱼 (yóu yú)

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• a good meal — 牙祭 (yá jì)

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• a kind of a bread — 窝窝头 (wō wō tóu)

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• a kind of cake — 云片糕 (yún piàn gāo)

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• a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment — 驳岸 (bó àn)

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• a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom) — 天上掉馅饼 (tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng)

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• a poached egg — 卧果儿 (wò guǒ ér)

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• a pool of stagnant water — 一潭死水 (yì tán sǐ shuǐ)

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• a reddish flush on the face (as from emotion, health or exertion) — 红晕 (hóng yùn)

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• a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on — 鸡毛店 (jī máo diàn)

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• a sour (type of cocktail) (loanword) — 沙瓦 (shā wǎ)

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• a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) — 酒逢知己千杯少 (jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo)

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• a type of rapeseed plant (Brassica rapa) that yields a leafy green vegetable similar to baby bok choy — 小油菜 (xiǎo yóu cài)

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• a variety of chicken — 油鸡 (yóu jī)

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• a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs — 柴鸡 (chái jī)

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• a wine cup dissolves complaints (idiom) — 杯酒解怨 (bēi jiǔ jiě yuàn)

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• a year-end dinner for employees — 尾牙 (wěi yá)

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• abstain from certain food (as when ill) — 忌口 (jì kǒu)

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• abundant harvest of all food crops — 五谷丰登 (wǔ gǔ fēng dēng)

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• abundant water — 丰水 (fēng shuǐ)

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• after wine, spit out the truth — 酒后吐真言 (jiǔ hòu tǔ zhēn yán)

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• afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee) — 下午茶 (xià wǔ chá)

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• age of wine (i.e. how long it has been matured) — 酒龄 (jiǔ líng)

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• aged Shaoxing wine (abbr. for 陳年紹興酒|陈年绍兴酒[chen2 nian2 Shao4 xing1 jiu3]) — 陈绍 (chén shào)

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• air cell (inside an egg) — 气室 (qì shì)

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• alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice — 口嚼酒 (kǒu jiáo jiǔ)

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• alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice — 嚼酒 (jiáo jiǔ)

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• algal bloom — 水华 (shuǐ huá)

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• ambience — 情调 (qíng diào)

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• amount of food one eats — 饭量 (fàn liàng)

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• an expensive type of oolong tea — 大红袍 (dà hóng páo)

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• an ordinary meal — 便饭 (biàn fàn)

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• an unappealing and unsatisfying meal — 粗饭 (cū fàn)

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• ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment — 投壶 (tóu hú)

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• ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle — 爵 (jué)

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• angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) — 被子植物 (bèi zi zhí wù)

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• angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) — 被子植物门 (bèi zi zhí wù mén)

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• aorta (ingredient of hotpot, Sichuan cuisine) — 黄喉 (huáng hóu)

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• aperitif wine — 开胃酒 (kāi wèi jiǔ)

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• apple juice — 苹果汁 (píng guǒ zhī)

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• apron (sloping brickwork to disperse water) — 散水 (sàn shuǐ)

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• aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc) — 水产品 (shuǐ chǎn pǐn)

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• arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant) — 慈姑 (cí gū)

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• aspic — 肉冻 (ròu dòng)

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• authentic taste — 原味 (yuán wèi)

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• ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân]) — 肉圆 (ròu yuán)

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• bad egg — 坏蛋 (huài dàn)

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• baguette (bread) — 法棍 (fǎ gùn)

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• bak-kut-teh or pork ribs soup, popular in Malaysia and Singapore — 肉骨茶 (ròu gǔ chá)

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• baked sesame seed-coated cake — 烧饼 (shāo bǐng)

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• baking soda (used to leaven bread) — 起子 (qǐ zǐ)

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• balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) — 毛鸭蛋 (máo yā dàn)

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• balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) — 鸭仔蛋 (yā zǎi dàn)

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• banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive — 流水席 (liú shuǐ xí)

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• basin (water container) — 洗盆 (xǐ pén)

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• basket (for washing rice) — 淘箩 (táo luó)

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• baumkuchen (cake) — 年轮蛋糕 (nián lún dàn gāo)

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• bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water) — 跨海大桥 (kuà hǎi dà qiáo)

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• bean vermicelli — 粉丝 (fěn sī)

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• bear paw (as food) — 熊掌 (xióng zhǎng)

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• beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) — 击鼓传花 (jī gǔ chuán huā)

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• beef — 牛肉 (niú ròu)

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• beef cattle (grown for meat) — 菜牛 (cài niú)

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• beef grilled on a hot iron plate — 铁板牛肉 (tiě bǎn niú ròu)

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• beef noodle soup — 牛肉面 (niú ròu miàn)

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• beef steak — 煎牛扒 (jiān niú bā)

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• beef tapeworm — 无钩绦虫 (wú gōu tāo chóng)

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• beef tripe — 牛肚 (niú dù)

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• beef with green peppers — 青椒牛柳 (qīng jiāo niú liǔ)

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• beer — 麦酒 (mài jiǔ)

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• beer belly (complimentary) — 将军肚子 (jiāng jūn dù zǐ)

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• bell pepper, aka sweet pepper — 柿子椒 (shì zi jiāo)

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• berry — 莓果 (méi guǒ)

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• betta fish — 斗鱼 (dòu yú)

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• big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) — 大口 (dà kǒu)

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• big restaurant — 饭庄 (fàn zhuāng)

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• big Russian-style bread (loanword from Russian "хлеб") — 大列巴 (dà liè bā)

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• biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu — 碧螺春 (bì luó chūn)

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• birthday cake — 寿糕 (shòu gāo)

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• birthday noodles (for longevity) — 寿面 (shòu miàn)

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• bitter — 严酷 (yán kù)

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• bitter — 惨烈 (cǎn liè)

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• bitter — 惨痛 (cǎn tòng)

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• bitter — 苦 (kǔ)

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• bitter and hateful (idiom) — 痛心疾首 (tòng xīn jí shǒu)

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• bitter and sad — 悲酸 (bēi suān)

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• bitter bamboo (Pleioblastus amarus) — 苦竹 (kǔ zhú)

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• bitter cold — 严寒 (yán hán)

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• bitter cold — 苦寒 (kǔ hán)

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• bitter hatred — 切骨之仇 (qiè gǔ zhī chóu)

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• bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber) — 苦瓜 (kǔ guā)

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• bitter resentment — 怨毒 (yuàn dú)

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• bitter smile — 惨笑 (cǎn xiào)

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• bitter struggle — 苦战 (kǔ zhàn)

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• bitter sufferings — 活罪 (huó zuì)

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• bitter sweet — 苦甘 (kǔ gān)

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• bitter taste — 苦味 (kǔ wèi)

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• bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) — 苦水 (kǔ shuǐ)

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• bitter work — 苦力 (kǔ lì)

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• bitter work — 苦活 (kǔ huó)

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• black coffee — 黑咖啡 (hēi kā fēi)

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• black rice — 紫米 (zǐ mǐ)

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• black tea — 红茶 (hóng chá)

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• black-boned chicken — 武山鸡 (wǔ shān jī)

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• black-boned chicken — 乌鸡 (wū jī)

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• black-boned chicken — 乌骨鸡 (wū gǔ jī)

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• black-boned chicken — 竹丝鸡 (zhú sī jī)

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• blind taste testing — 盲品 (máng pǐn)

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• blood is thicker than water — 血浓于水 (xuè nóng yú shuǐ)

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• blood tofu (coagulated animal blood) — 血豆腐 (xuè dòu fu)

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• board for making noodles or kneading bread dough — 面板 (miàn bǎn)

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• body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat) — 肥膘 (féi biāo)

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• body of water — 水体 (shuǐ tǐ)

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• boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) — 水饺 (shuǐ jiǎo)

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• boiled egg — 水煮蛋 (shuǐ zhǔ dàn)

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• boiled egg — 煮蛋 (zhǔ dàn)

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• boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste — 傻瓜干面 (shǎ guā gān miàn)

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• boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival — 汤圆 (tāng yuán)

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• boiled water — 开水 (kāi shuǐ)

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• boiling water — 沸水 (fèi shuǐ)

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• boiling water — 滚水 (gǔn shuǐ)

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• bone meal — 骨粉 (gǔ fěn)

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• borscht, a traditional beetroot soup — 罗宋汤 (luó sòng tāng)

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• bottled water — 瓶装水 (píng zhuāng shuǐ)

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• brain (served as a culinary dish) — 脑花 (nǎo huā)

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• brains (as food) — 脑儿 (nǎo ér)

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• brand of Hong Kong instant noodles — 公仔面 (gōng zǎi miàn)

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• bread — 面包 (miàn bāo)

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• bread flour — 高筋面粉 (gāo jīn miàn fěn)

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• bread making machine — 面包机 (miàn bāo jī)

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• bread roll — 小面包 (xiǎo miàn bāo)

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• breakfast — 早饭 (zǎo fàn)

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• breakfast — 早餐 (zǎo cān)

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• breakfast — 早点 (zǎo diǎn)

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• breast meat (brisket, chicken breast etc) — 胸肉 (xiōng ròu)

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• breast milk — 奶水 (nǎi shuǐ)

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• breast milk — 母乳 (mǔ rǔ)

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• breast milk substitute — 母乳代用品 (mǔ rǔ dài yòng pǐn)

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• breeding egg — 种蛋 (zhǒng dàn)

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• broad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanxi, also known as 𰻞𰻞麵|𰻝𰻝面[biang2 biang2 mian4] — 油泼扯面 (yóu pō chě miàn)

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• brown rice — 糙米 (cāo mǐ)

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• bruising (damage to soft fruit etc) — 碰损 (pèng sǔn)

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• bubble milk tea (Tw) — 波霸奶茶 (bō bà nǎi chá)

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• buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce) — 扒糕 (bā gāo)

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• buldak ramen (a type of spicy Korean instant noodles) — 火鸡面 (huǒ jī miàn)

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• butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom) — 自相鱼肉 (zì xiāng yú ròu)

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• café — 咖啡馆 (kā fēi guǎn)

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• cafeteria meal specially prepared for a group of visitors — 客饭 (kè fàn)

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• cage-like fish trap — 地笼 (dì lóng)

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• cake — 糕 (gāo)

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• cake — 蛋糕 (dàn gāo)

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• cake fertilizer — 饼肥 (bǐng féi)

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• canned (food, coffee etc) — 罐装 (guàn zhuāng)

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• canned luncheon meat — 午餐肉 (wǔ cān ròu)

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• cappuccino coffee — 卡布其诺咖啡 (kǎ bù qí nuò kā fēi)

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• carbonated (drink) — 带气 (dài qì)

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• cartilaginous fish (such as sharks) — 软骨鱼 (ruǎn gǔ yú)

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• carton (e.g. for milk or juice) — 利乐包 (lì lè bāo)

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• cat food — 猫粮 (māo liáng)

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• cendol, Southeast Asian iced sweet dessert — 珍多冰 (zhēn duō bīng)

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• century egg — 松花蛋 (sōng huā dàn)

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• century egg — 皮蛋 (pí dàn)

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• chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) — 糟糠 (zāo kāng)

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• chameleon plant — 折耳根 (zhé ěr gēn)

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• chawanmushi, Japanese savory egg custard dish that is steamed and served in a small bowl — 茶碗蒸 (chá wǎn zhēng)

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• cheat meal — 欺骗餐 (qī piàn cān)

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• check, please — 请买单 (qǐng mǎidān)

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• chemical formula (e.g. water H2O) — 化学式 (huà xué shì)

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• chestnut rose fruit (hip of Rosa roxburghii), used in TCM — 刺梨 (cì lí)

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• chick — 仔鸡 (zǎi jī)

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• chick — 鸡儿 (jī ér)

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• chicken bouillon powder (PRC) — 鸡精 (jī jīng)

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• chicken breast — 鸡排 (jī pái)

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• chicken breast — 鸡胸 (jī xiōng)

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• chicken breast — 鸡胸肉 (jī xiōng ròu)

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• chicken coop — 鸡窝 (jī wō)

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• chicken coop — 鸡舍 (jī shè)

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• chicken drumstick (Tw) — 棒棒腿 (bàng bàng tuǐ)

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• chicken farm — 养鸡场 (yǎng jī chǎng)

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• chicken feather — 鸡毛 (jī máo)

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• chicken foot — 鸡爪 (jī zhuǎ)

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• chicken foot — 鸡脚 (jī jiǎo)

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• chicken gizzard (cuisine) — 鸡珍 (jī zhēn)

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• chicken gizzard lining — 鸡内金 (jī nèi jīn)

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• chicken in rice wine — 醉鸡 (zuì jī)

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• chicken jelly — 鸡冻 (jī dòng)

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• chicken leg — 鸡腿 (jī tuǐ)

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• chicken meat — 鸡肉 (jī ròu)

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• chicken nugget — 鸡块 (jī kuài)

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• chicken nuggets — 鸡米花 (jī mǐ huā)

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• chicken raised for meat — 肉鸡 (ròu jī)

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• chicken rib — 鸡肋 (jī lèi)

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• chicken stock — 鸡汤 (jī tāng)

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• chicken strips — 鸡柳 (jī liǔ)

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• chicken wing — 鸡翅 (jī chì)

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• chicken with cashew nuts — 腰果鸡丁 (yāo guǒ jī dīng)

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• ching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup — 清补凉 (qīng bǔ liáng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• chopped fried noodles — 丁丁炒面 (dīng dīng chǎo miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• chrysanthemum tea — 菊花茶 (jú huā chá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• chunks obtained by repeatedly cutting a vegetable diagonally and rotating the vegetable after each cut — 滚刀块 (gǔn dāo kuài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• clean flowing water — 清流 (qīng liú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• clean, unadulterated food product — 绿色食品 (lǜ sè shí pǐn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• clear (water) — 澈 (chè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• clear soup — 白汤 (bái tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• clear soup — 高汤 (gāo tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable — 蛋花汤 (dàn huā tāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• clear, deep water — 澄渊 (chéng yuān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• close relationship as between fish and water — 鱼水情 (yú shuǐ qíng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• clothes and food — 衣食 (yī shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• coarse rice — 生米 (shēng mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• coffee — 咖 (kā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• coffee beans — 咖啡豆 (kā fēi dòu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• coffee color — 咖啡色 (kā fēi sè)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• coffee house — 咖啡屋 (kā fēi wū)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• coffee machine — 咖啡机 (kā fēi jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• coffee pot — 咖啡壶 (kā fēi hú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• coffee shop — 咖啡室 (kā fēi shì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• coffee shop — 咖啡厅 (kā fēi tīng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• cold boiled water — 凉白开 (liáng bái kāi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• cold dish — 冷盆 (lěng pén)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cold dish — 冷菜 (lěng cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cold drink — 冷饮 (lěng yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) — 寒食 (hán shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cold meal — 冷餐 (lěng cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cold noodles — 凉面 (liáng miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cold noodles in sauce — 凉拌面 (liáng bàn miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• cold or frozen meat — 冻肉 (dòng ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cold water — 冷水 (lěng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc) — 色酒 (sè jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• comfort food — 爽心美食 (shuǎng xīn měi shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) — 泽泻 (zé xiè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• communal dining where one takes one's food from dishes served to everyone at the table (contrasted with 分餐[fen1 can1]) — 集餐 (jí cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• communal meal — 聚餐 (jù cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• condensed milk — 炼奶 (liàn nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• congee — 米粥 (mǐ zhōu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• congee — 粥 (zhōu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• congee — 糊 (hú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc — 水罐 (shuǐ guàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• contaminated food product unscrupulously marketed as wholesome — 黑心食品 (hēi xīn shí pǐn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• contaminated milk (esp. milk products adulterated with melamine in a 2008 scandal in China) — 毒奶 (dú nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• contaminated milk powder (milk powder adulterated with melamine in a 2008 scandal in China) — 毒奶粉 (dú nǎi fěn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• conveyor belt sushi (restaurant) — 回转寿司 (huí zhuǎn shòu sī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• cook — 厨子 (chú zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cook — 厨师 (chú shī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cook — 炊事员 (chuī shì yuán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• cooked food — 熟食 (shú shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cooked food (ready to eat) — 熟菜 (shú cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cooked noodles cooled with cold water — 过水面 (guò shuǐ miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• cooked rice — 饭 (fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cooked white rice — 白米饭 (bái mǐ fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• cooking wine — 料酒 (liào jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cool water — 凉水 (liáng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cooling water (in a reactor) — 冷却水 (lěng què shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• core (of a fruit) — 内核 (nèi hé)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• corn cake — 玉米糕 (yù mǐ gāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• corn cake — 玉米饼 (yù mǐ bǐng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• cotton boll (fruit) — 棉铃 (mián líng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 — 粮票 (liáng piào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cow's milk — 牛乳 (niú rǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cow's milk — 牛奶 (niú nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• crab meat — 蟹粉 (xiè fěn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• crab meat — 蟹肉 (xiè ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• crisp residue left after rendering animal fat — 油渣 (yóu zhā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• crispy fried chicken — 炸子鸡 (zhà zǐ jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• crispy skin (of food) — 脆皮 (cuì pí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• crumb (soft interior of a loaf of bread) — 面包心 (miàn bāo xīn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• crystal dumpling, a type of dumpling popular in southern China and Taiwan, named for its translucent, slightly chewy wrapper made with tapioca starch — 水晶饺 (shuǐ jīng jiǎo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• culinary dish — 菜品 (cài pǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• cup noodles — 杯面 (bēi miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character) — 造型蛋糕 (zào xíng dàn gāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• cuts and bruises like fish scales — 鳞伤 (lín shāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• damson (fruit) — 大马士革李 (dà mǎ shì gé lǐ)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• dango (Japanese dumpling) — 团子 (tuán zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang — 大盘鸡 (dà pán jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2]) — 黑茶 (hēi chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dashi (soup stock used in Japanese cuisine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese) — 出汁 (chū zhī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• date palm — 海枣 (hǎi zǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• deep water — 潭水 (tán shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• deep water and scorching fire — 水深火热 (shuǐ shēn huǒ rè)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• deep-fried cake — 炸油饼 (zhà yóu bǐng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• deep-fried fish — 炸鱼 (zhà yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• deep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura") — 甜不辣 (tián bú là)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt — 山洪 (shān hóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth) — 齿更 (chǐ gèng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• desire for good food — 口腹之欲 (kǒu fù zhī yù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dessert — 甜品 (tián pǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dessert — 甜食 (tián shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dessert — 甜点 (tián diǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dessert parlor serving mainly cold sweets (esp. shaved ice) (Tw) — 冰店 (bīng diàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• diced chicken meat — 鸡丁 (jī dīng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• diced meat — 肉丁 (ròu dīng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• diner (in a restaurant etc) — 食客 (shí kè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch — 小饭桌 (xiǎo fàn zhuō)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dining table — 餐桌 (cān zhuō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes — 吃拿卡要 (chī ná kǎ yào)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dinner party — 饭局 (fàn jú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dinner party — 餐会 (cān huì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dinner party held in one's home — 家宴 (jiā yàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dinner show — 上菜秀 (shàng cài xiù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dinner show — 出菜秀 (chū cài xiù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dirty water — 恶水 (è shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dirty water — 秽水 (huì shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dirty water — 脏水 (zāng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dish — 碟 (dié)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dish — 菜色 (cài sè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe) — 菜式 (cài shì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dish cloth — 擦碗布 (cā wǎn bù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper — 地三鲜 (dì sān xiān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot — 一品锅 (yì pǐn guō)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dish rack — 沥水架 (lì shuǐ jià)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks — 下酒菜 (xià jiǔ cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish — 大鱼大肉 (dà yú dà ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dissemination as fruit (evolutionary strategy for seed dispersal) — 果播 (guǒ bō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• distinctive flavor — 风味 (fēng wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dog food — 狗粮 (gǒu liáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dog meat — 狗肉 (gǒu ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dog-eat-dog — 狗咬狗 (gǒu yǎo gǒu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• double-yolk egg — 双黄蛋 (shuāng huáng dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dough dumpling — 面疙瘩 (miàn gē da)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth) — 疙瘩汤 (gē da tāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans — 豆汁 (dòu zhī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dragon beard noodles — 龙须面 (lóng xū miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dried beancurd (tofu) — 豆皮 (dòu pí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dried beef — 牛肉干 (niú ròu gān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dried fish — 鱼干 (yú gān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dried food — 干儿 (gān ér)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) — 干货 (gān huò)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dried fruit — 干果 (gān guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dried fruit — 果干 (guǒ gān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dried meat — 肉干 (ròu gān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dried meat — 腊 (là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dried sweet potato slices — 地瓜干 (dì guā gān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dried swim bladder — 花胶 (huā jiāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dried tofu made in Daxi, a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan famous for its dried tofu 豆干[dou4 gan1] — 大溪豆干 (dà xī dòu gān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dried vegetable — 干菜 (gān cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• drink — 饮料 (yǐn liào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• drink — 饮用 (yǐn yòng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• drink (on a menu) — 酒水饮料 (jiǔ shuǐ yǐn liào)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• drink and drive (moderately high blood alcohol concentration) — 饮酒驾车 (yǐn jiǔ jià chē)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• drinking water — 吃水 (chī shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• drinking water — 饮用水 (yǐn yòng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) — 水滴石穿 (shuǐ dī shí chuān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) — 滴水石穿 (dī shuǐ shí chuān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) — 滴水穿石 (dī shuǐ chuān shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• drop of water — 水滴 (shuǐ dī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• drunken shrimp (Chinese dish based on shrimps marinated in Chinese wine) — 醉虾 (zuì xiā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dry pot, a type of dish in which ingredients are wok-fried, then served hot in a clay pot or on a metal pan — 干锅 (gān guō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dry season — 枯水期 (kū shuǐ qī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup — 毛血旺 (máo xuè wàng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dumpling — 团 (tuán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dumpling — 花饺 (huā jiǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dumpling — 饺子 (jiǎo zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dumpling restaurant — 饺子馆 (jiǎo zǐ guǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• dumpling skin — 面皮 (miàn pí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• dumplings with meat filling — 饺 (jiǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• durian fruit — 榴莲 (liú lián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• durian fruit — 榴莲果 (liú lián guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• early season rice — 早稻 (zǎo dào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• edge of the water — 水边 (shuǐ biān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg — 卵 (luǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg — 蛋 (dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg balancing (activity popular in China at Lichun 立春[Li4 chun1] etc) — 立蛋 (lì dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg beater — 打蛋器 (dǎ dàn qì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• egg fried rice — 鸡蛋炒饭 (jī dàn chǎo fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables) — 蛋炒饭 (dàn chǎo fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• egg pancake (thin pancake rolled up with omelet inside, popular in Taiwan as a breakfast dish) — 蛋饼 (dàn bǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg products — 蛋品 (dàn pǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg roll — 春卷 (chūn juǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg roll — 蛋卷 (dàn juàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter) — 滚彩蛋 (gǔn cǎi dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• egg tart — 蛋塔 (dàn tǎ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg timer — 煮蛋计时器 (zhǔ dàn jì shí qì)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• egg tofu (a Japanese egg-based delicacy with a smooth, silken texture similar to tofu) — 日本豆腐 (rì běn dòu fu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• egg tooth — 破壳齿 (pò ké chǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• egg white — 蛋白 (dàn bái)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg white — 鸡蛋清 (jī dàn qīng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• egg yolk — 卵黄 (luǎn huáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• egg yolk — 蛋黄 (dàn huáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• electric rice cooker — 电饭锅 (diàn fàn guō)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• energy drink — 能量饮料 (néng liàng yǐn liào)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• engorged breasts — 石头奶 (shí tou nǎi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• evening meal — 晚饭 (wǎn fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• evening meal — 晚餐 (wǎn cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• excellent wine — 佳酿 (jiā niàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• expanse of water — 汪 (wāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• extravagant food — 鼎食 (dǐng shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fa gao, a type of steamed sponge cake, usu. sweetened, commonly consumed at Chinese New Year — 发糕 (fā gāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• facing the water (favored location) — 临水 (lín shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• farewell dinner party — 散伙饭 (sàn huǒ fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fast food — 快餐 (kuài cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fast food shop — 快餐店 (kuài cān diàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fast food shop — 速食店 (sù shí diàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fat (e.g. pork fat) — 肥肉 (féi ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fatty beef slices (esp. for hot pot) — 肥牛 (féi niú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• feeling full from drinking a lot of water or consuming a liquid-heavy meal — 水饱 (shuǐ bǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• female cook — 厨娘 (chú niáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fermented rice — 甜酒酿 (tián jiǔ niàng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fictional fruit in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 ji4] — 人参果 (rén shēn guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fighting fish (genus Betta) — 搏鱼 (bó yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate — 铁板牛柳 (tiě bǎn niú liǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fish — 鲜 (xiān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]) — 鱼 (yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish and chips (abbr. for 炸魚薯條|炸鱼薯条[zha2 yu2 shu3 tiao2]) — 鱼薯 (yú shǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) — 鱼水 (yú shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish ball — 鱼蛋 (yú dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish bone — 鱼骨 (yú gǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish catch — 渔获 (yú huò)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish eggs — 鱼卵 (yú luǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish eggs — 鱼子 (yú zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish fillet — 鱼片 (yú piàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish floss — 鱼松 (yú sōng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish head — 鱼头 (yú tóu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish maw — 鱼肚 (yú dù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish meal — 鱼粉 (yú fěn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish oil — 鱼油 (yú yóu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish sauce — 鱼露 (yú lù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish scales — 鱼鳞 (yú lín)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish steak — 鱼排 (yú pái)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish tank — 鱼缸 (yú gāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) — 鱼肚白 (yú dù bái)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants — 五谷 (wǔ gǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 — 五行 (wǔ háng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• flavor — 味道 (wèi dào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• flesh of fish — 鱼肉 (yú ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fleshy (fruit) — 肥硕 (féi shuò)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fleshy fruit — 肉果 (ròu guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• flower but no fruit (idiom) — 华而不实 (huá ér bù shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• flowing water does not rot — 流水不腐 (liú shuǐ bù fǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• flying fish — 飞鱼 (fēi yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• flying fox — 狐蝠 (hú fú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• follower of wine and women — 酒色之徒 (jiǔ sè zhī tú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food — 伙食 (huǒ shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food — 口实 (kǒu shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food — 吃食 (chī shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food — 食物 (shí wù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food — 饭菜 (fàn cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food — 饭食 (fàn shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food — 餐点 (cān diǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food and agriculture — 粮农 (liáng nóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food and beverage — 餐饮 (cān yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food and clothing — 吃穿 (chī chuān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food and drink — 酒菜 (jiǔ cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food and drink — 酒食 (jiǔ shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food and drink — 酒饭 (jiǔ fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food and lodging — 吃住 (chī zhù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food and sex — 食色 (shí sè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food cereals — 食粮 (shí liáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food chain — 生物链 (shēng wù liàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food chain — 食物链 (shí wù liàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food coma — 饭气攻心 (fàn qì gōng xīn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food court — 美食街 (měi shí jiē)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food delivery person — 外卖员 (wài mài yuán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food expenses — 伙食费 (huǒ shí fèi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame) — 六陈 (liù chén)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food growing area — 产粮区 (chǎn liáng qū)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) — 食玉炊桂 (shí yù chuī guì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc — 面食 (miàn shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food market — 菜场 (cài chǎng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food market — 菜市 (cài shì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food market — 菜市场 (cài shì chǎng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food poisoning — 食物中毒 (shí wù zhòng dú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food processor — 食品加工机 (shí pǐn jiā gōng jī)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• food relief center — 粥厂 (zhōu chǎng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food relief center — 粥棚 (zhōu péng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food safety (abbr. for 食品安全[shi2 pin3 an1 quan2] or 食物安全[shi2 wu4 an1 quan2]) — 食安 (shí ān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• food sample — 试吃品 (shì chī pǐn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food service industry — 餐饮业 (cān yǐn yè)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food stall — 大排档 (dà pái dàng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food stall — 大牌档 (dà pái dàng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• food vendor's stand — 食品摊 (shí pǐn tān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• foodstuff — 食品 (shí pǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• forbidden fruit (esp. premarital sex) — 禁果 (jìn guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony — 交杯酒 (jiāo bēi jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · formal

• formula (milk) — 配方奶 (pèi fāng nǎi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fragrant and sweet — 香甜 (xiāng tián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom) — 酒香不怕巷子深 (jiǔ xiāng bú pà xiàng zi shēn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• free-range chicken — 土鸡 (tǔ jī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• free-range chicken — 放山鸡 (fàng shān jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• free-range chicken — 笨鸡 (bèn jī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• free-range chicken — 草鸡 (cǎo jī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• free-range chicken — 走地鸡 (zǒu dì jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fresh (experience, food etc) — 新鲜 (xīn xiān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fresh and tender (of food) — 肥鲜 (féi xiān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fresh fish — 活鱼 (huó yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fresh milk — 鲜奶 (xiān nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fresh vegetable — 鲜菜 (xiān cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fresh water — 清水 (qīng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fresh-cut fruit — 果切 (guǒ qiè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• freshwater fish — 河鱼 (hé yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• freshwater fish — 淡水鱼 (dàn shuǐ yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• freshwater fish, shrimp, crabs and clams etc — 河鲜 (hé xiān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried chicken — 炸鸡 (zhà jī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) — 麻花 (má huā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried dumpling — 煎饺 (jiān jiǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried dumpling — 锅贴 (guō tiē)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried egg — 太阳蛋 (tài yáng dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fried egg — 煎蛋 (jiān dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried food — 煎炸食品 (jiān zhà shí pǐn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fried glutinous rice dough cake — 炸糕 (zhá gāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried rice — 炒米 (chǎo mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried rice — 炒饭 (chǎo fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried sticky rice — 油饭 (yóu fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fried tofu (cubes) — 油豆腐 (yóu dòu fu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fried tofu skin (typically used as a hot pot ingredient) — 豆菊 (dòu jú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• from the cradle to the grave (idiom) — 出生入死 (chū shēng rù sǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• frozen dessert — 冰品 (bīng pǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit — 果 (guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit — 果品 (guǒ pǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit — 果子 (guǒ zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit — 水果 (shuǐ guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit (plural sense) — 瓜果 (guā guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit (produced by a plant) — 果实 (guǒ shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit and vegetables — 果蔬 (guǒ shū)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit and vegetables — 瓜菜 (guā cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit dispersal — 果实散播 (guǒ shí sàn bō)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fruit drink — 果子露 (guǒ zǐ lù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fruit farmer — 果农 (guǒ nóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit fly — 果蝇 (guǒ yíng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit ingredients (for cakes and desserts) — 果料儿 (guǒ liào ér)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fruit juice — 果汁 (guǒ zhī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit medley in coconut milk – a chilled dessert consisting of assorted fresh fruits served in sweetened coconut milk, yogurt or fruit syrup — 水果捞 (shuǐ guǒ lāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• fruit picking — 采果 (cǎi guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit plate — 果盘 (guǒ pán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit puree — 果泥 (guǒ ní)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit tea — 果茶 (guǒ chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit tree — 果木 (guǒ mù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit tree — 果树 (guǒ shù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• fruit wine — 果酒 (guǒ jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• gelatin dessert — 果冻 (guǒ dòng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk — 液态奶 (yè tài nǎi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• genetically modified (GM) food — 转基因食品 (zhuǎn jī yīn shí pǐn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• gentle and soft — 温柔 (wēn róu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix) that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s — 福寿螺 (fú shòu luó)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• gimbap, aka kimbap (Korean dish made by rolling up steamed rice and other ingredients in a sheet of nori) — 紫菜包饭 (zǐ cài bāo fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• glutinous rice — 黏米 (nián mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled — 粽子 (zòng zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling — 艾窝窝 (ài wō wō)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• glutinous rice wine — 江米酒 (jiāng mǐ jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• goby (flat fish, Gobiidae) — 虾虎鱼 (xiā hǔ yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• gong bao chicken — 宫爆鸡丁 (gōng bào jī dīng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• good medicine tastes bitter (idiom) — 良药苦口 (liáng yào kǔ kǒu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• good wine — 美酒 (měi jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• grain crops other than rice and wheat — 杂粮 (zá liáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• gramineae (family including bamboo, cereals, rice) — 禾木科 (hé mù kē)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• grape juice — 葡萄汁 (pú táo zhī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• gray water — 灰水 (huī shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• greasy food — 油腻 (yóu nì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• green Sichuan peppercorn, known for its citrus fragrance and sharp numbing flavor — 藤椒 (téng jiāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• green tea — 清茶 (qīng chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• green tea — 绿茶 (lǜ chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• green tea powder (Japanese: matcha) — 抹茶 (mǒ chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• green water — 绿水 (lǜ shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• grilled food on skewers — 烤串 (kǎo chuàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• ground meat — 碎肉 (suì ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• ground meat — 肉末 (ròu mò)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• ground meat — 肉馅 (ròu xiàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• guava (fruit) — 番石榴 (fān shí liú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• gunpowder tea, Chinese green tea whose leaves are each formed into a small pellet — 珠茶 (zhū chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) — 锅巴 (guō bā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) — 玉露 (yù lù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• haggis (a Scottish dish) (loanword) — 哈吉斯 (hā jí sī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• half-cooked rice — 夹生饭 (jiā shēng fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hand-mixed drink (of the kind sold at a bubble tea shop) — 手摇饮料 (shǒu yáo yǐn liào)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• happy knack for chancing upon fine food — 口福 (kǒu fú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hard water (cf. 軟水|软水[ruan3 shui3], soft water) — 硬水 (yìng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hard-boiled egg — 全熟蛋 (quán shú dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) — 心急吃不了热豆腐 (xīn jí chī bù liǎo rè dòu fu)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• having ample food and clothing (idiom) — 丰衣足食 (fēng yī zú shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• having unspeakable bitter suffering — 有苦说不出 (yǒu kǔ shuō bù chū)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• haw fruit — 红果 (hóng guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• health food — 健康食品 (jiàn kāng shí pǐn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• heavily laden with fruit — 硕果累累 (shuò guǒ léi léi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• heavy water (chemistry) — 重水 (zhòng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• heavy water reactor (HWR) — 重水反应堆 (zhòng shuǐ fǎn yìng duī)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• high tide — 高潮 (gāo cháo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• high water — 汛 (xùn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) (loanword from Thai "kaphrao") (used as an attributive in the names of Thai-style "phat kaphrao" dishes to indicate that the main ingredient is stir-fried with basil, as in 打拋豬|打抛猪[da3 pao1 zhu1], stir-fried pork with basil) — 打抛 (dǎ pāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• holy water — 圣水 (shèng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• home delivery of meal — 送餐 (sòng cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• home-style tofu — 家常豆腐 (jiā cháng dòu fu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• honey peach (juicy sweet peach variety) — 水蜜桃 (shuǐ mì táo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer — 蛇麻草 (shé má cǎo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hor fun, a type of wide, flat rice noodle — 河粉 (hé fěn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hot (spicy) — 辣 (là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hot and sour noodles (Sichuan-origin dish made with starch-based noodles) — 酸辣粉 (suān là fěn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hot and sour sauce — 酸辣酱 (suān là jiàng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hot and sour shredded potato — 酸辣土豆丝 (suān là tǔ dòu sī)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• hot and sour soup — 酸辣汤 (suān là tāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hot drink — 热饮 (rè yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hot food — 热食 (rè shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish) — 臭臭锅 (chòu chòu guō)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls) — 麻辣烫 (má là tàng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hot tea — 热茶 (rè chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hot water — 热水 (rè shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hot-water bottle — 汤婆 (tāng pó)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hot-water bottle — 汤婆子 (tāng pó zǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hot-water bottle — 热水袋 (rè shuǐ dài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• hotpot — 火锅 (huǒ guō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• household dish, implement or furniture — 家伙 (jiā huo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• husk (of rice etc) — 谷壳 (gǔ ké)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• hydrolysis (chemical reaction with water) — 水解 (shuǐ jiě)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• I want takeaway — 我要打包 (wǒ yào dǎbāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• I'd like to order — 我要点菜 (wǒ yào diǎncài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• I'm allergic to peanuts — 我对花生过敏 (wǒ duì huāshēng guòmǐn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · urgent

• I'm vegetarian — 我吃素 (wǒ chī sù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• iced coffee — 冰咖啡 (bīng kā fēi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• iced drink — 冰饮 (bīng yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• iced water — 冰水 (bīng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• if a woman likes to eat sour during pregnancy, she will have a boy — 酸儿辣女 (suān ér là nǚ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom) — 嫁鸡随鸡 (jià jī suí jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings) — 车轮饼 (chē lún bǐng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• imperial wine — 御酒 (yù jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• in-flight meal — 飞机餐 (fēi jī cān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• inarizushi (pouch of fried tofu typically filled with rice) — 稻荷寿司 (dào hé shòu sī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• incomplete meal of a single dish — 空口 (kōng kǒu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• informal dinner — 便宴 (biàn yàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · casual

• inner container (e.g. the rice pot inside a rice cooker, the vacuum bottle inside a thermos, the tank inside a hot water heater, the bladder of a football) — 内胆 (nèi dǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• insect egg — 虫卵 (chóng luǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• instant (food) — 即食 (jí shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• instant noodles — 快熟面 (kuài shú miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• instant noodles — 方便面 (fāng biàn miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• instant noodles — 泡面 (pào miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• instant noodles — 速食面 (sù shí miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• instant noodles (old) — 生力面 (shēng lì miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• interest in wine — 酒兴 (jiǔ xìng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week — 铁蛋 (tiě dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• jade pot for cold water — 冰壶 (bīng hú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• jasmine tea — 茉莉花茶 (mò lì huā chá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• jasmine tea — 香片 (xiāng piàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• jellied tofu — 豆腐脑 (dòu fu nǎo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• jellied tofu — 豆腐花 (dòu fu huā)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• jellied tofu — 豆花 (dòu huā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• jelly snack made by kneading jelly fig seeds 愛玉子|爱玉子[ai4 yu4 zi3] in water and combining with flavorings (popular in Taiwan and Singapore) — 爱玉冰 (ài yù bīng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• juice — 汁 (zhī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• juice — 汁液 (zhī yè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables) — 原汁 (yuán zhī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• juice box — 纸包饮品 (zhǐ bāo yǐn pǐn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• junk food — 垃圾食品 (lā jī shí pǐn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• kappa, a child-size humanoid water creature in Japanese folklore — 河童 (hé tóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• kind of Chinese wine — 女儿红 (nǚ ér hóng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• kind of dumpling — 圆子 (yuán zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw) — 流理台 (liú lǐ tái)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• kitchen helper — 厨工 (chú gōng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• kiwi fruit — 奇异果 (qí yì guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• kiwi fruit — 猕猴桃 (mí hóu táo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• knife work (food preparation) — 刀工 (dāo gōng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty — 刀削面 (dāo xiāo miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• kombucha (fermented tea) — 红茶菌 (hóng chá jūn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• ladle — 水勺 (shuǐ sháo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom) — 酒池肉林 (jiǔ chí ròu lín)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia — 喇沙 (lā shā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum), a primitive fish — 文昌鱼 (wén chāng yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lantern fish — 灯笼鱼 (dēng long yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lanterns red, wine green (idiom) — 灯红酒绿 (dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• large flat bread — 大饼 (dà bǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• latiao, spicy gluten strip (Chinese snack) — 辣条 (là tiáo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• laziji, spicy dish of chicken cubes stir-fried with chili peppers — 辣子鸡 (là zǐ jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap sticky rice dumplings 粽子[zong4 zi5] — 粽叶 (zòng yè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• leaf vegetable — 叶菜 (yè cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• leafy green vegetable — 绿叶菜 (lǜ yè cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• leafy green vegetable — 绿叶蔬菜 (lǜ yè shū cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lean meat — 瘦肉 (shòu ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk) — 蛋黄素 (dàn huáng sù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• leftover food — 剩饭 (shèng fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• leftovers (food) — 剩菜 (shèng cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc) — 茶余饭后 (chá yú fàn hòu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• liangfen (Chinese dish) — 凉粉 (liáng fěn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• liangpi (noodle-like dish) — 凉皮 (liáng pí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) — 清淡 (qīng dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• light meal — 轻食 (qīng shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• light water (as opposed to heavy water) — 轻水 (qīng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• light water reactor (LWR) — 轻水反应堆 (qīng shuǐ fǎn yìng duī)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• like a fish back in water (idiom) — 如鱼得水 (rú yú dé shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice) — 液态水 (yè tài shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom) — 风生水起 (fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) — 斗酒只鸡 (dòu jiǔ zhī jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) — 只鸡斗酒 (zhī jī dòu jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) — 漏网之鱼 (lòu wǎng zhī yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) — 近水楼台 (jìn shuǐ lóu tái)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom) — 鸡蛋碰石头 (jī dàn pèng shí tou)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. as clear as water (idiom) — 一清如水 (yì qīng rú shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) — 水落石出 (shuǐ luò shí chū)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) — 问客杀鸡 (wèn kè shā jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. bitter fruit — 苦果 (kǔ guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) — 苦口 (kǔ kǒu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients — 佛跳墙 (fó tiào qiáng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) — 寝食难安 (qǐn shí nán ān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) — 鸡毛蒜皮 (jī máo suàn pí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. chicken speaking with duck — 鸡同鸭讲 (jī tóng yā jiǎng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) — 缘木求鱼 (yuán mù qiú yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom) — 衣食住行 (yī shí zhù xíng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. distant water does not cure present thirst — 远水不解近渴 (yuǎn shuǐ bù jiě jìn kě)

  food · restaurant · advanced · urgent

• lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field — 肥水不流外人田 (féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) — 扬清激浊 (yáng qīng jī zhuó)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) — 激浊扬清 (jī zhuó yáng qīng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom) — 呆若木鸡 (dāi ruò mù jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) — 吃软不吃硬 (chī ruǎn bù chī yìng)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) — 不是鱼死就是网破 (bú shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. either the fish dies or the net splits — 鱼死网破 (yú sǐ wǎng pò)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom) — 柴米油盐 (chái mǐ yóu yán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea — 柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom) — 鱼龙混杂 (yú lóng hùn zá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) — 沉鱼落雁 (chén yú luò yàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) — 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 (cāng yíng bù dīng wú fèng dàn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) — 药食同源 (yào shí tóng yuán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) — 食不果腹 (shí bù guǒ fù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) — 吃不了兜着走 (chī bù liǎo dōu zhe zǒu)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) — 强扭的瓜不甜 (qiáng niǔ de guā bù tián)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. just the right flavor — 够味 (gòu wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying) — 手无缚鸡之力 (shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom) — 芙蓉出水 (fú róng chū shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water — 鸳鸯戏水 (yuān yāng xì shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) — 行云流水 (xíng yún liú shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. new wine in old bottles — 旧瓶装新酒 (jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. not one drop of water can leak out — 滴水不漏 (dī shuǐ bú lòu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed — 灭此朝食 (miè cǐ cháo shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom) — 果实累累 (guǒ shí lèi lèi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom) — 河水不犯井水 (hé shuǐ bú fàn jǐng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) — 固若金汤 (gù ruò jīn tāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) — 水浅养不住大鱼 (shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bú zhù dà yú)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. sing to accompany wine (idiom) — 对酒当歌 (duì jiǔ dāng gē)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) — 小肚鸡肠 (xiǎo dù jī cháng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) — 乳臭未干 (rǔ xiù wèi gān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) — 酸甜苦辣 (suān tián kǔ là)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly — 蜻蜓点水 (qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) — 春江水暖鸭先知 (chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) — 鱼与熊掌 (yú yǔ xióng zhǎng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) — 鱼与熊掌不可兼得 (yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) — 肉烂在锅里 (ròu làn zài guō lǐ)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom) — 生米做成熟饭 (shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom) — 米已成炊 (mǐ yǐ chéng chuī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom) — 咸鱼翻身 (xián yú fān shēn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. the strength to truss a chicken (idiom) — 缚鸡之力 (fù jī zhī lì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) — 三个和尚没水喝 (sān gè hé shàng méi shuǐ hē)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake — 画饼充饥 (huà bǐng chōng jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to be buried in the bellies of fish (idiom) — 葬身鱼腹 (zàng shēn yú fù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to beat milk — 打奶 (dǎ nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) — 开花结果 (kāi huā jiē guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes — 焚琴煮鹤 (fén qín zhǔ hè)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) — 竭泽而渔 (jié zé ér yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom) — 喝西北风 (hē xī běi fēng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) — 吃香喝辣 (chī xiāng hē là)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) — 看菜吃饭 (kàn cài chī fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to eat from government coffers — 吃皇粮 (chī huáng liáng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) — 吃大锅饭 (chī dà guō fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) — 风餐露宿 (fēng cān lù sù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) — 自食其力 (zì shí qí lì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom) — 自食恶果 (zì shí è guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to eat without tasting the food — 食不知味 (shí bù zhī wèi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) — 吃喝玩乐 (chī hē wán lè)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom) — 齿颊生香 (chǐ jiá shēng xiāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to fish a needle from the sea — 大海捞针 (dà hǎi lāo zhēn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom) — 肉包子打狗 (ròu bāo zǐ dǎ gǒu)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) — 挂羊头卖狗肉 (guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom) — 一碗水端平 (yì wǎn shuǐ duān píng)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. to inject chicken blood — 打鸡血 (dǎ jī xuè)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) — 赴汤蹈火 (fù tāng dǎo huǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey — 杀鸡给猴看 (shā jī gěi hóu kàn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) — 杀鸡取卵 (shā jī qǔ luǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom) — 率兽食人 (shuài shòu shí rén)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to lead the water through the wall — 引水入墙 (yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to mistake a chicken for a phoenix (idiom) — 认鸡作凤 (rèn jī zuò fèng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom) — 不显山不露水 (bù xiǎn shān bú lù shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes — 三茶六饭 (sān chá liù fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) — 开源节流 (kāi yuán jié liú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) — 指鸡骂狗 (zhǐ jī mà gǒu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to pull sb into the water — 拖下水 (tuō xià shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to pull sb into the water — 拖人下水 (tuō rén xià shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) — 敬酒不吃吃罚酒 (jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom) — 水中捞月 (shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked — 热炒热卖 (rè chǎo rè mài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom) — 以卵击石 (yǐ luǎn jī shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) — 左右逢源 (zuǒ yòu féng yuán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) — 蝇营狗苟 (yíng yíng gǒu gǒu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) — 牛不喝水强按头 (niú bù hē shuǐ qiáng àn tóu)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) — 山明水秀 (shān míng shuǐ xiù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) — 山清水秀 (shān qīng shuǐ xiù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom) — 水清无鱼 (shuǐ qīng wú yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom) — 人走茶凉 (rén zǒu chá liáng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) — 覆巢之下无完卵 (fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact — 覆巢无完卵 (fù cháo wú wán luǎn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) — 饮水思源 (yǐn shuǐ sī yuán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) — 饮流怀源 (yǐn liú huái yuán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) — 水到渠成 (shuǐ dào qú chéng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom) — 有奶便是娘 (yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) — 割鸡焉用牛刀 (gē jī yān yòng niú dāo)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• loaf cake — 枕头蛋糕 (zhěn tou dàn gāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• loin (of pork) — 里肌肉 (lǐ jī ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• longan fruit — 龙眼 (lóng yǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• love egg (sex toy) — 跳蛋 (tiào dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• love egg (sex toy) — 震蛋 (zhèn dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lunch — 中饭 (zhōng fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lunch — 中餐 (zhōng cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lunch — 午饭 (wǔ fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lunch — 午餐 (wǔ cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• lunch banquet — 午宴 (wǔ yàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• malt milk extract — 麦乳精 (mài rǔ jīng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• maltose (sweet syrup) — 麦芽糖 (mài yá táng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• mandarin fish — 桂鱼 (guì yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mango juice — 芒果汁 (máng guǒ zhī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• manna (Israelite food) — 吗哪 (ma nǎ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• many wolves and not enough meat — 狼多肉少 (láng duō ròu shǎo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• mapo tofu — 麻婆豆腐 (má pó dòu fu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• meal — 餐 (cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meal — 餐食 (cān shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meal card — 饭卡 (fàn kǎ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meal cooked in a large pot — 大锅饭 (dà guō fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• meal in a partitioned box — 盒饭 (hé fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meal replacement — 代餐 (dài cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meal replacement — 替餐 (tì cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat — 肉 (ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat — 肉类 (ròu lèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat cleaver — 切肉刀 (qiè ròu dāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• meat floss — 肉松 (ròu sōng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat grinder — 绞肉机 (jiǎo ròu jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• meat merchant — 肉商 (ròu shāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat patty — 肉饼 (ròu bǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat pie — 馅饼 (xiàn bǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat slice — 肉片 (ròu piàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat soup — 肉汤 (ròu tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat stick — 肉棒 (ròu bàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat stock — 肉汁 (ròu zhī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat tenderizer powder — 嫩肉粉 (nèn ròu fěn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month) — 腊肉 (là ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• meat that is not refrigerated after the animal is slaughtered — 温体肉 (wēn tǐ ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• medicine to be taken after being mixed with water (or other liquid) — 冲剂 (chōng jì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• menu (in restaurant) — 菜谱 (cài pǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mess cook (old) — 伙夫 (huǒ fū)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• midnight snack — 夜宵 (yè xiāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• midnight snack — 宵夜 (xiāo yè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mildly spicy — 微辣 (wēi là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• milk — 乳汁 (rǔ zhī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• milk cabbage (aka "white bok choy" and various other names), a variety of bok choy — 奶白菜 (nǎi bái cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• milk chocolate — 牛奶巧克力 (niú nǎi qiǎo kè lì)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• milk cow — 奶牛 (nǎi niú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• milk from a woman's breast — 奶汁 (nǎi zhī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• milk tea — 奶茶 (nǎi chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• minced meat — 燥子 (zào zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• minced meat — 绞肉 (jiǎo ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• minced meat sauce — 肉酱 (ròu jiàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• minced pork — 肉沫 (ròu mò)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mineral water — 矿水 (kuàng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mineral water — 矿泉水 (kuàng quán shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• minimum spend (stipulated by a restaurant, bar, club etc) (abbr. for 最低消費|最低消费[zui4 di1 xiao1 fei4]) — 低消 (dī xiāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mist covered water — 烟波 (yān bō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• misua — 面线 (miàn xiàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet — 折箩 (zhé luó)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mixed fruit salad — 什锦果盘 (shí jǐn guǒ pán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• mocha coffee — 摩卡咖啡 (mó kǎ kā fēi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• monk fruit, the sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a vine of the Curcubitaceae family native to southern China and northern Thailand, used in Chinese medicine — 罗汉果 (luó hàn guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• morning tea — 早茶 (zǎo chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mountains on one side and water on the other — 依山傍水 (yī shān bàng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• mouthfeel — 口感 (kǒu gǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• muddy water — 泥水 (ní shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mudskipper (amphibious fish) — 弹涂鱼 (tán tú yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience — 吃播 (chī bō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mulberry fruit (Fructus mori) — 桑果 (sāng guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• mulled wine — 热红酒 (rè hóng jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• mushroom soup — 蘑菇汤 (mó gu tāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• mussels (as food) — 壳菜 (ké cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• nabeyaki egg noodles — 锅烧意面 (guō shāo yì miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup) — 冷面 (lěng miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• name of "water" radical 氵[shui3] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85) — 三点水 (sān diǎn shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• name of a famous Tang dynasty wine — 烧酒 (shāo jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• national food specialty — 国菜 (guó cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan — 纳豆 (nà dòu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• natural resource (such as water or minerals) — 资源 (zī yuán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• neither fish nor fowl — 非驴非马 (fēi lǘ fēi mǎ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• net cage (fish farming) — 网箱 (wǎng xiāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour — 年糕 (nián gāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• nice and salty (taste) — 咸津津 (xián jīn jīn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• nighttime snack — 消夜 (xiāo yè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• no coriander please — 不要香菜 (bú yào xiāngcài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• no thought for tea or rice (idiom) — 茶饭不思 (chá fàn bù sī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• non-staple food — 副食 (fù shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• noodle dishes (on menu) — 面类 (miàn lèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• noodle restaurant — 面馆 (miàn guǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• noodle soup — 面汤 (miàn tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• noodle stall or counter — 面档 (miàn dàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• noodles — 面条 (miàn tiáo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• noodles — 面体 (miàn tǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• noodles in meat soup — 肉汤面 (ròu tāng miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• noodles in soup — 汤面 (tāng miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) — 干面 (gān miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack — 热干面 (rè gān miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc — 拌面 (bàn miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom) — 衣食无忧 (yī shí wú yōu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• not one drop of water leaks (idiom) — 点水不漏 (diǎn shuǐ bú lòu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• not spicy, please — 不要辣 (bú yào là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• not the right flavor — 不是味儿 (bú shì wèi ér)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• nothing left (money, food etc) — 精光 (jīng guāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth — 关东煮 (guān dōng zhǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth — 黑轮 (hēi lún)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) — 豆渣 (dòu zhā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) — 豆腐渣 (dòu fu zhā)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• old rice (typically stored for over a year) — 陈米 (chén mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty — 茶马互市 (chá mǎ hù shì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond — 茶马古道 (chá mǎ gǔ dào)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• old wine in a new bottle (idiom) — 新瓶旧酒 (xīn píng jiù jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• old wine in a new bottle (idiom) — 新瓶装旧酒 (xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• omurice, Japanese dish consisting of an omelet wrapped around fried rice and often topped with ketchup — 蛋包饭 (dàn bāo fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• on water — 水上 (shuǐ shàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• one more bowl of rice — 再来一碗米饭 (zài lái yī wǎn mǐfàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · casual

• onsen tamago — 温泉蛋 (wēn quán dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• onsen tamago — 温玉 (wēn yù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• oolong tea — 乌龙茶 (wū lóng chá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• ootype (site of egg composition in flatworm biology) — 卵模 (luǎn mó)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• opposite bank (of a body of water) — 对岸 (duì àn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• orange (fruit) (Tw) — 柳丁 (liǔ dīng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• orange juice — 橘子汁 (jú zǐ zhī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• out of ammunition and no food left (idiom) — 弹尽粮绝 (dàn jìn liáng jué)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• oviraptorosaurus (egg-stealing dinosaur) — 窃蛋龙 (qiè dàn lóng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• paddy (rice) — 禾稻 (hé dào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• paddy field — 水田 (shuǐ tián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia — 板面 (bǎn miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling — 水煎包 (shuǐ jiān bāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pan-fried dumpling — 生煎包 (shēng jiān bāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• parabolic heater — 小太阳 (xiǎo tài yáng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) — 盖斑斗鱼 (gài bān dòu yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc) — 部位 (bù wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) — 偏食 (piān shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• passion fruit — 百香 (bǎi xiāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• passion fruit — 百香果 (bǎi xiāng guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• passion or egg fruit (Passiflora edulis) — 鸡蛋果 (jī dàn guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pasty (i.e. pastry stuffed with meat or vegetables) — 合子 (hé zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• payment for tea — 茶钱 (chá qián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pearl milk tea — 珍珠奶茶 (zhēn zhū nǎi chá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• penis fish — 海肠 (hǎi cháng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• people who regularly eat out — 外食族 (wài shí zú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) — 渔鼓 (yú gǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) — 鱼鼓 (yú gǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• perfumed toilet water — 花露水 (huā lù shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• period of plentiful water supply, with increased river flow due to snowmelt or higher rainfall — 丰水期 (fēng shuǐ qī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• person hired to lure customers to a restaurant — 饭托 (fàn tuō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish) — 害鸟 (hài niǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pet food bowl — 饭盆 (fàn pén)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pickled tofu — 腐乳 (fǔ rǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• picky about food — 挑嘴 (tiāo zuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang) — 手抓饭 (shǒu zhuā fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang) — 抓饭 (zhuā fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple – the name comes from the rough top crust which resembles pineapple skin) — 菠萝包 (bō luó bāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• piping (for water, oil, etc) — 管路 (guǎn lù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• piranha (fish) — 水虎鱼 (shuǐ hǔ yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pit (stone of a fruit) — 核儿 (hú er)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pita bread — 口袋饼 (kǒu dài bǐng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• places of pleasure (like brothels, tea houses etc) — 三瓦两舍 (sān wǎ liǎng shě)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• plain boiled pork — 白肉 (bái ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• plain boiled water — 白开水 (bái kāi shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• plain cooked rice — 白饭 (bái fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge) — 干饭 (gān fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• plain noodles in broth — 光面 (guāng miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• plain noodles in broth — 阳春面 (yáng chūn miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• plain rice congee — 白粥 (bái zhōu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• plain tea and simple food — 粗茶淡饭 (cū chá dàn fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• plain water — 白水 (bái shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• plant-based meat — 植物肉 (zhí wù ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pleasant aftertaste in the back of the throat (esp. when drinking tea) — 喉韵 (hóu yùn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• plump (of fruit) — 肥实 (féi shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• poached egg — 荷包蛋 (hé bāo dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• poisoned person (food poisoning, drug overdose or toxic exposure) — 中毒者 (zhòng dú zhě)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• polished glutinous rice — 江米 (jiāng mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pork — 大肉 (dà ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pork belly — 五花肉 (wǔ huā ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pork chop — 排骨 (pái gǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pork rump — 臀尖 (tún jiān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pork skin — 肉皮 (ròu pí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香[yu2 xiang1] — 鱼香肉丝 (yú xiāng ròu sī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• porridge — 稀饭 (xī fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pot of boiling water — 开壶 (kāi hú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• potluck meal — 百乐餐 (bǎi lè cān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pound cake — 重油蛋糕 (zhòng yóu dàn gāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• powdered milk — 奶粉 (nǎi fěn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• precooked food — 调理食品 (tiáo lǐ shí pǐn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) — 粉饼 (fěn bǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pressed tofu — 豆干 (dòu gān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed — 水牢 (shuǐ láo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• private room (in a restaurant, bath house, etc) — 雅间 (yǎ jiān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) — 包间 (bāo jiān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• project to raise low-lying water for irrigation purposes — 提水工程 (tí shuǐ gōng chéng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• puffed rice — 爆米花 (bào mǐ huā)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pull tab (on a drink can) — 拉环 (lā huán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pulled noodles — 拉面 (lā miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom) — 牵羊担酒 (qiān yáng dān jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pungent (taste) — 辛酸 (xīn suān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• pure milk — 纯牛奶 (chún niú nǎi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• pure water — 纯水 (chún shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• purified water — 净水 (jìng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• purified water — 纯净水 (chún jìng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• qingtuan, green-colored dumpling originating from Jiangnan, traditionally made with glutinous rice mixed with mugwort and filled with sweet bean paste, usually eaten around Qingming Festival 清明節|清明节[Qing1 ming2 jie2] — 青团 (qīng tuán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• quality of meat — 肉质 (ròu zhì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• quantity of food one eats — 食量 (shí liàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake") — 萝卜糕 (luó bo gāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum) — 红毛丹 (hóng máo dān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rare food — 龙肝凤胆 (lóng gān fèng dǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom) — 山珍海错 (shān zhēn hǎi cuò)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• ratoon rice — 再生稻 (zài shēng dào)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• raw materials for making soup — 汤料 (tāng liào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• raw meat — 生肉 (shēng ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• raw water — 原水 (yuán shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• ready-made meal — 预制菜 (yù zhì cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]) — 雄黄酒 (xióng huáng jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• reclaimed water — 中水 (zhōng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• reclaimed water — 再生水 (zài shēng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• reconstituted milk — 复原乳 (fù yuán rǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• reconstituted milk (Tw) — 还原乳 (huán yuán rǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• red braised pork — 红烧肉 (hóng shāo ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• red meat — 红肉 (hóng ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• red wine — 红酒 (hóng jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits — 红曲 (hóng qǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• red yeast rice — 红曲米 (hóng qǔ mǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• red-dyed egg, traditionally given to friends and relatives one month after the birth of one's child — 红蛋 (hóng dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• refined grain (rice, wheat etc) — 精粮 (jīng liáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• refined rice — 精米 (jīng mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• regional dish — 家乡菜 (jiā xiāng cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• restaurant — 料理店 (liào lǐ diàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• restaurant — 酒家 (jiǔ jiā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• restaurant — 酒楼 (jiǔ lóu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• restaurant — 食肆 (shí sì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• restaurant — 饭店 (fàn diàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• restaurant — 饭馆 (fàn guǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• restaurant — 餐馆 (cān guǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• restaurant — 馆子 (guǎn zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• restaurant special — 特价菜 (tè jià cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition) — 年夜饭 (nián yè fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rice — 水稻 (shuǐ dào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice (crop) — 稻子 (dào zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice (crop) — 稻米 (dào mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice and noodles — 米面 (mǐ miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice ball (steamed rice formed into a ball and stuffed with various fillings) — 饭团 (fàn tuán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice bowl — 饭碗 (fàn wǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice cereal for infants (Tw) — 米精 (mǐ jīng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc — 八宝粥 (bā bǎo zhōu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rice cracker — 米果 (mǐ guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice cultivation — 稻作 (dào zuò)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice dishes (on menu) — 饭类 (fàn lèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice dumplings wrapped in leaves — 粽 (zòng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice ear — 稻穗 (dào suì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice field rippling in the wind — 稻浪 (dào làng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice flour — 米粉 (mǐ fěn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice flour meat — 米粉肉 (mǐ fěn ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rice granary — 米仓 (mǐ cāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice husk — 稻壳 (dào ké)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice husk — 稻糠 (dào kāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice milk — 米浆 (mǐ jiāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc — 肠粉 (cháng fěn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice noodle soup from Yunnan province — 过桥米线 (guò qiáo mǐ xiàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rice paddle — 饭勺 (fàn sháo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice paddle — 饭匙 (fàn chí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice seedling — 稻苗 (dào miáo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice straw — 稻草 (dào cǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served) — 饭桶 (fàn tǒng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them) — 筒子米糕 (tǒng zǐ mǐ gāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rice weevil — 米虫 (mǐ chóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice wine — 米酒 (mǐ jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice with meat and vegetables — 盖浇饭 (gài jiāo fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rice with meat and vegetables — 盖饭 (gài fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice-flour noodles — 米线 (mǐ xiàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus) — 通脱木 (tōng tuō mù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus) — 通草 (tōng cǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rise of water level — 涨水 (zhǎng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• river water — 江水 (jiāng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• river water — 河水 (hé shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• roast chicken — 烤鸡 (kǎo jī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• rooibos tea — 南非茶 (nán fēi chá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rooibos tea — 博士茶 (bó shì chá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rooibos tea — 红灌木茶 (hóng guàn mù chá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• root beer — 根汁汽水 (gēn zhī qì shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• rope for drawing water from a well — 井绳 (jǐng shéng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• round flat bread — 圆面饼 (yuán miàn bǐng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• round flat cake — 饼 (bǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• running water — 流水 (liú shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• running water — 自来水 (zì lái shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sake (Japanese rice wine) — 清酒 (qīng jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• salak (Salacca zalacca) (fruit) — 蛇皮果 (shé pí guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• salt water — 咸水 (xián shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• salt water — 盐水 (yán shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• salted duck egg — 咸鸭蛋 (xián yā dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• salted egg custard bun — 流沙包 (liú shā bāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• salted fish — 咸鱼 (xián yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• saltwater fish — 海水鱼 (hǎi shuǐ yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• saltwater fish — 海鱼 (hǎi yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• salty and unsalty (flavors) — 咸淡 (xián dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc — 参鸡汤 (cān jī tāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sapodilla, a tropical fruit bearing tree — 人心果 (rén xīn guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate — 沙茶 (shā chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• saury fish (family Scomberesocidae) — 针鱼 (zhēn yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• scale (of fish, reptiles etc) — 鳞片 (lín piàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• scales (of fish, snakes etc) — 鳞 (lín)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• scarce water — 枯水 (kū shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• scented tea — 花茶 (huā chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• scholarly flavor — 书卷气 (shū juàn qì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• seasonal vegetable — 时菜 (shí cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• seat occupancy rate — 上座率 (shàng zuò lǜ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) — 铁饭碗 (tiě fàn wǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• seedling (of rice or other grain) — 禾苗 (hé miáo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ) — 胚芽米 (pēi yá mǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sense of taste — 味觉 (wèi jué)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• server (at a restaurant) — 服务生 (fú wù shēng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• set meal — 份儿饭 (fèn ér fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant) — 定食 (dìng shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• shallow water — 浅水 (qiǎn shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• shark fin soup — 鱼翅汤 (yú chì tāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• shark-fin soup — 翅汤 (chì tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sheep's milk — 羊奶 (yáng nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty — 生煎 (shēng jiān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• shoal of fish — 鱼群 (yú qún)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• short of food and clothing — 缺衣少食 (quē yī shǎo shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• shredded meat — 肉丝 (ròu sī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• shredded tobacco for water pipes — 水烟 (shuǐ yān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling — 烧卖 (shāo mài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling — 烧麦 (shāo mài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• side dish — 副菜 (fù cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• side dish — 盘餐 (pán cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• side dish — 配菜 (pèi cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• signature dish — 招牌菜 (zhāo pái cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• simple home-style meal — 家常便饭 (jiā cháng biàn fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sirloin (beef joint) — 牛脊肉 (niú jǐ ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• siu mei — 烧味 (shāo wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• siu mei (燒味|烧味[shao1 wei4]) made from cured meat 臘肉|腊肉[la4 rou4] — 烧腊 (shāo là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog — 六畜 (liù chù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• slice of bread — 面包片 (miàn bāo piàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sliced bread (loanword from "toast") — 吐司 (tǔ sī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sliced bread (loanword from "toast") — 土司 (tǔ sī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sliced raw fish — 鱼生 (yú shēng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• slightly salty — 咸丝丝 (xián sī sī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• slimy (of rotten food) — 黏滑 (nián huá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• small cup for adding water to an ink stone — 砚滴 (yàn dī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• small sausage in large sausage (pork sausage stuffed inside a glutinous rice sausage, a Taiwanese street food specialty) — 大肠包小肠 (dà cháng bāo xiǎo cháng)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• small toy or figurine included with a food product — 食玩 (shí wán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• smooth, uncooked shrimp paste made by mixing minced shrimp with starch and egg white, commonly added to hot pot — 虾滑 (xiā huá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• snack — 小食 (xiǎo shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• snack — 零食 (líng shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• snack bar — 小吃店 (xiǎo chī diàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• snack bar — 快餐部 (kuài cān bù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• soapy water — 肥皂水 (féi zào shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• soda pop — 汽水 (qì shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soda water — 苏打水 (sū dá shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• soft (bread) roll — 软包 (ruǎn bāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soft drink — 软饮 (ruǎn yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soft drink — 软饮料 (ruǎn yǐn liào)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up — 润饼 (rùn bǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soft water (cf. 硬水[ying4 shui3], hard water) — 软水 (ruǎn shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soft-boiled egg — 半熟蛋 (bàn shú dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• soft-scrambled egg (cooked until smooth and tender) — 滑蛋 (huá dàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sound of gurgling water — 哗哗 (huā huā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sound of moving water — 浅 (qiǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soup — 汤 (tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soup — 汤汁 (tāng zhī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soup bowl — 汤碗 (tāng wǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soup dishes (on menu) — 汤类 (tāng lèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soup ladle — 汤勺 (tāng sháo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soup of the day — 例汤 (lì tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soup plate — 汤盘 (tāng pán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soup spoon — 汤匙 (tāng chí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sour — 酸 (suān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sour — 酸不溜丢 (suān bù liū diū)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sour — 酸溜溜 (suān liū liū)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sour and sweet — 酸甜 (suān tián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sour cream — 酸奶油 (suān nǎi yóu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa) — 酸枣 (suān zǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sour expression on one's face — 苦瓜脸 (kǔ guā liǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sour face — 臭脸 (chòu liǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sour grapes — 酸葡萄 (suān pú táo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) — 说葡萄酸 (shuō pú táo suān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• soy milk — 豆奶 (dòu nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• soy milk — 豆浆 (dòu jiāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sparkling wine — 气泡酒 (qì pào jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sparkling wine — 汽酒 (qì jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• specialty (dish) — 拿手菜 (ná shǒu cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• speech that grates on the ear (idiom) — 逆耳之言 (nì ěr zhī yán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• spicy chicken — 辣鸡 (là jī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• spicy hot (taste) — 辛辣 (xīn là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• spicy pickled cabbage — 辣白菜 (là bái cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• spilt water — 泼出去的水 (pō chū qù de shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) — 覆水难收 (fù shuǐ nán shōu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sponge cake — 海绵蛋糕 (hǎi mián dàn gāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake) — 蜂糕 (fēng gāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• spray of water — 水花 (shuǐ huā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• spread (food) — 抹酱 (mǒ jiàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• spread (for putting on bread etc) — 涂抹酱 (tú mǒ jiàng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• spring water — 泉水 (quán shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• squeaky rubber chicken — 尖叫鸡 (jiān jiào jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• stagnant water — 死水 (sǐ shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• standpipe (firefighting water storage system for a building) — 储水管 (chǔ shuǐ guǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• staple food — 主食 (zhǔ shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork — 叉烧包 (chā shāo bāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• steamed cake — 蒸糕 (zhēng gāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• steamed chicken with chili sauce — 口水鸡 (kǒu shuǐ jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• steamed dumpling — 小笼包 (xiǎo lóng bāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• steamed dumpling — 汤包 (tāng bāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• steamed dumpling — 蒸饺 (zhēng jiǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• steamed pork — 扣肉 (kòu ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• steamed rice cake made from glutinous rice flour, soft and fluffy in texture — 松糕 (sōng gāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• steamed soup dumpling — 小笼汤包 (xiǎo lóng tāng bāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store) — 小确幸 (xiǎo què xìng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• stinky tofu — 臭豆腐 (chòu dòu fu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• stir-fried diced pork — 宫爆肉丁 (gōng bào ròu dīng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• stir-fried dish (Tw) — 热炒 (rè chǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• stir-fried noodles — 炒面 (chǎo miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 — 东坡肉 (dōng pō ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• stir-fried yellow fish filet — 糟溜黄鱼 (zāo liū huáng yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• stir-fried yellow fish filet — 糟溜黄鱼片 (zāo liū huáng yú piàn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• stone (of a fruit) — 果核 (guǒ hé)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• stout (beer) (loanword) — 世涛 (shì tāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) — 水柱 (shuǐ zhù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• street food — 小吃 (xiǎo chī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• strong (taste, flavor, smell) — 浓烈 (nóng liè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• strong alcoholic drink — 烈酒 (liè jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• strong flavor (spicy, salty etc) — 重口味 (zhòng kǒu wèi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• stuffed (of food) — 夹馅 (jiá xiàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer — 冰糖葫芦 (bīng táng hú lu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer — 糖葫芦 (táng hú lu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice — 蓝肤木 (lán fū mù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sumptuous meal — 大餐 (dà cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• suncake (small round cake made with flaky pastry and a maltose filling, originally from Taichung, Taiwan) — 太阳饼 (tài yáng bǐng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• supplied with water (of a house) — 有水 (yǒu shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• surface water — 地表水 (dì biǎo shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• surface water — 地面水 (dì miàn shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• suspended meal (Tw) — 待用餐 (dài yòng cān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet — 娇滴滴 (jiāo dī dī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet — 甘甜 (gān tián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet — 甜 (tián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet — 甜美 (tián měi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet — 甜蜜 (tián mì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet and delicious — 甜津津 (tián jīn jīn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet and innocent — 甜稚 (tián zhì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet and mellow — 甜润 (tián rùn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet and sour — 甜酸 (tián suān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet and sour — 糖醋 (táng cù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet and sour fish — 糖醋鱼 (táng cù yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet and sour meat (pork) — 咕噜肉 (gū lū ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet and sour pork — 古老肉 (gǔ lǎo ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet and sour pork — 甜酸肉 (tián suān ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet and sour pork — 糖醋肉 (táng cù ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet and sour pork — 糖醋里脊 (táng cù lǐ jǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet and unctuous — 甜腻 (tián nì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet cherry — 大樱桃 (dà yīng táo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet dream — 酣梦 (hān mèng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet fermented rice — 酒酿 (jiǔ niàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding) — 喜糖 (xǐ táng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet liquor — 甜酒 (tián jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom) — 嘴甜心苦 (zuǐ tián xīn kǔ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) — 香豌豆 (xiāng wān dòu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet potato — 山芋 (shān yù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet potato — 甘薯 (gān shǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet potato — 白薯 (bái shǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet potato — 红薯 (hóng shǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) — 地瓜 (dì guā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet potato or yam noodles — 地瓜面 (dì guā miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet scent — 清香 (qīng xiāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet sorghum — 甜高粱 (tián gāo liáng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet sorghum — 糖高粱 (táng gāo liáng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweet taste (of power, success etc) — 甜头 (tián tóu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet words — 甜言 (tián yán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet words — 蜜语 (mì yǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet-sounding — 悦耳 (yuè ěr)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet-talking — 嘴甜 (zuǐ tián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweet-tempered — 和顺 (hé shùn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• sweetener (food additive) — 甜味剂 (tián wèi jì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• sweetness — 甘味 (gān wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• swelling water — 澜 (lán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• swim bladder (of a fish) — 鱼泡 (yú pào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• ta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan — 担仔面 (dān zǎi miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• table turnover rate (in a restaurant) — 翻桌率 (fān zhuō lǜ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• tableware — 餐具 (cān jù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• take-out (fast food) — 外带 (wài dài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food — 章鱼烧 (zhāng yú shāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit — 酸豆 (suān dòu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tangerine flavor — 橘味 (jú wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• taro ball (Taiwanese dessert) — 芋圆 (yù yuán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• taste — 味 (wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• taste — 味儿 (wèi ér)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• taste — 滋味 (zī wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• taste bud(s) — 味蕾 (wèi lěi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• taste in clothes — 衣品 (yī pǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tasty — 可口 (kě kǒu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tasty meal — 美餐 (měi cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea — 茶 (chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea — 茶叶 (chá yè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea and cake — 茶点 (chá diǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea bag — 茶包 (chá bāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea bag — 茶袋 (chá dài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea brick — 茶砖 (chá zhuān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea drink — 茶饮 (chá yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea) — 茶叶蛋 (chá yè dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• tea grower — 茶农 (chá nóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea leaves gathered at springtime or the tea made from these leaves — 春茶 (chūn chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea leaves powder — 茶叶末儿 (chá yè mò ér)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• tea party — 茶会 (chá huì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea party — 茶话会 (chá huà huì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• tea powder (matcha) — 末茶 (mò chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves — 茶水 (chá shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea set — 茶具 (chá jù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea shop — 茶庄 (chá zhuāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc) — 茶垢 (chá gòu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc) — 茶锈 (chá xiù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tea tree — 茶树 (chá shù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk — 拉茶 (lā chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tender and soft as water — 柔情似水 (róu qíng sì shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• the art of tea — 茶艺 (chá yì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• the bottom of a body of water — 水底 (shuǐ dǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken — 鸡飞蛋打 (jī fēi dàn dǎ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽[Lu4 Yu3] between 760-780 — 茶经 (chá jīng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• the fish hold (of a fishing vessel) — 鱼舱 (yú cāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸 — 五味 (wǔ wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• the flesh of a fruit — 果肉 (guǒ ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] — 四大名著 (sì dà míng zhù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) — 四大 (sì dà)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• the heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4]) — 梁山好汉 (liáng shān hǎo hàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]) — 上善若水 (shàng shàn ruò shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• the kitchen area of a restaurant — 后厨 (hòu chú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten — 好饭不怕晚 (hǎo fàn bú pà wǎn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) — 近水楼台先得月 (jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• the rice is cooked — 生米煮成熟饭 (shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism) — 三官大帝 (sān guān dà dì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig — 三牲 (sān shēng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom) — 天涯何处无芳草 (tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom) — 天上不会掉馅饼 (tiān shàng bú huì diào xiàn bǐng)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• thick soup — 浓汤 (nóng tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• thin coat, meager food (idiom) — 衣单食薄 (yī dān shí bó)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• thin flat cake — 薄饼 (báo bǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣|废气[fei4 qi4], industrial slag 廢渣|废渣[fei4 zha1] — 三废 (sān fèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek — 老虎菜 (lǎo hǔ cài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• timid — 怯懦 (qiè nuò)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to accidentally eat — 误食 (wù shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to adapt to sb's taste — 投其所好 (tóu qí suǒ hào)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to add spice — 加辣 (jiā là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) — 冲泡 (chōng pào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to age — 陈化 (chén huà)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to arrange food on a plate — 摆盘 (bǎi pán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to ask for food — 讨饭 (tǎo fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to barbecue meat — 烤肉 (kǎo ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to be a guest at a dinner party — 吃请 (chī qǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to be picky (food) — 择食 (zé shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to be picky about food — 挑食 (tiāo shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to be unable to afford food — 揭不开锅 (jiē bù kāi guō)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to be unaccustomed to certain food — 吃不来 (chī bù lái)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to be without food or clothing (idiom) — 没吃没穿 (méi chī méi chuān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to bear (fruit) — 结出 (jié chū)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to bear fruit — 坐果 (zuò guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to bear fruit — 结实 (jiē shi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to bear fruit — 结果 (jié guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to become sick of a food after eating it too much — 吃伤 (chī shāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to beg (for food or money) — 要饭 (yào fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to beg for food — 乞食 (qǐ shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to beg for food — 讨吃 (tǎo chī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to beg for food — 讨米 (tǎo mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to boil (food) — 煮开 (zhǔ kāi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to boil noodles — 下面 (xià miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to brew (beer, soy sauce etc) — 酿制 (niàng zhì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc) — 修水利 (xiū shuǐ lì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to burn (food by overroasting etc) — 烤焦 (kǎo jiāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to buy a business (shop, restaurant etc) and all its assets — 盘店 (pán diàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cadge a meal — 蹭吃蹭喝 (cèng chī cèng hē)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to catch fish — 捕鱼 (bǔ yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to catch fish — 摸鱼 (mō yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cater to the public's taste — 媚俗 (mèi sú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to clean (with water or alcohol) — 擦洗 (cā xǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to collect water — 积水 (jī shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water — 和 (hé)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to condense milk (by evaporation) — 炼乳 (liàn rǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to consume (food or drink) — 下肚 (xià dù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook — 做菜 (zuò cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook — 煮 (zhǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook — 煮饭 (zhǔ fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook — 烧煮 (shāo zhǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook — 烧菜 (shāo cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing) — 野炊 (yě chuī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook again — 回锅 (huí guō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook food — 炊 (chuī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook on a skewer — 串烧 (chuàn shāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cook on a slow fire — 熬 (áo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cross (a body of water) — 横渡 (héng dù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc) — 改刀 (gǎi dāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cut off the water supply — 停水 (tíng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to cut some meat — 割肉 (gē ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to digest (food) — 消化 (xiāo huà)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to dine — 就餐 (jiù cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to discharge water — 出水 (chū shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups — 杯酒释兵权 (bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• to dive (into water) — 跳水 (tiào shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to divert water — 退水 (tuì shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drain (by leading off water) — 宣泄 (xuān xiè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drain flood-water — 排洪 (pái hóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to draw water — 打水 (dǎ shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to dredge up — 捞取 (lāo qǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to dress cold food with sauce — 凉拌 (liáng bàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink — 喝 (hē)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink — 饮 (yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink (alcohol) — 喝酒 (hē jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink a toast — 干杯 (gān bēi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink a toast — 祝酒 (zhù jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink along (with sb) — 陪酒 (péi jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink as the result of having lost a bet — 罚酒 (fá jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink excessively — 纵酒 (zòng jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink hard — 狂饮 (kuáng yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink in excess — 贪杯 (tān bēi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink one's fill — 痛饮 (tòng yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink one's fill — 酣饮 (hān yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink tea — 喝茶 (hē chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink together and chat merrily — 把酒言欢 (bǎ jiǔ yán huān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to drink until one is half drunk — 酒至半酣 (jiǔ zhì bàn hān)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to drink up — 喝光 (hē guāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink up — 喝掉 (hē diào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink water — 饮水 (yǐn shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to drink wine — 饮酒 (yǐn jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat — 吃 (chī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat — 用饭 (yòng fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat — 食 (shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat — 食用 (shí yòng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat — 哺 (bǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat (of bird or animal) — 吃食 (chī shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat a meal — 用餐 (yòng cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat and drink — 吃喝 (chī hē)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat and drink as much as one likes — 大吃大喝 (dà chī dà hē)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat and drink extravagantly — 大吃二喝 (dà chī èr hē)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat and drink gluttonously — 胡吃海喝 (hú chī hǎi hē)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat and drink unreasonably — 暴饮暴食 (bào yǐn bào shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) — 吃熊心豹子胆 (chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) — 内用 (nèi yòng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带[wai4 dai4]) — 堂食 (táng shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat indiscriminately — 乱吃 (luàn chī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table) — 分餐 (fēn cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat on the sly — 偷吃 (tōu chī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat one's fill — 吃饱 (chī bǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat one's fill — 大饱口福 (dà bǎo kǒu fú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat one's fill — 果腹 (guǒ fù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat one's fill — 饱餐 (bǎo cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat one's fill — 饱餐一顿 (bǎo cān yí dùn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat one's meal — 进食 (jìn shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat one's own fruit (idiom) — 自食其果 (zì shí qí guǒ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) — 下饭 (xià fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat out — 上馆子 (shàng guǎn zǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat out — 下馆子 (xià guǎn zǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat out — 吃馆子 (chī guǎn zǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat out — 外食 (wài shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat plain rice — 吃白饭 (chī bái fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat raw — 生吃 (shēng chī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom) — 食肉寝皮 (shí ròu qǐn pí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat slowly (idiom) — 细嚼慢咽 (xì jiáo màn yàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat till full — 饱 (bǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat too much — 暴食 (bào shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat up — 吃掉 (chī diào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat without paying — 吃白食 (chī bái shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to eat without paying — 白吃 (bái chī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to eat without working (idiom) — 吃粮不管事 (chī liáng bù guǎn shì)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep — 吃喝拉撒睡 (chī hē lā sā shuì)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• to economize on clothes and food — 缩衣节食 (suō yī jié shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to entertain (for dinner) — 宴请 (yàn qǐng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to estimate how much food is required for a meal — 量腹 (liáng fù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to extract (juice, oil etc) on the spot — 现榨 (xiàn zhà)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to extract (vegetable) oil — 制油 (zhì yóu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fall back (of water level or share prices) — 回跌 (huí diē)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fall into water — 落水 (luò shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to feed livestock with highly nutritional food in order to fatten them up in a short time — 催膘 (cuī biāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fill a bowl with rice — 盛饭 (shèng fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to find to one's taste — 相中 (xiāng zhòng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fish — 打鱼 (dǎ yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fish (with line and hook) — 钓鱼 (diào yú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fish by casting a net — 围捕 (wéi bǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) — 捕捞 (bǔ lāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fish in troubled water (idiom) — 混水摸鱼 (hùn shuǐ mō yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to fish in troubled water (idiom) — 浑水摸鱼 (hún shuǐ mō yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to fish out — 掏出 (tāo chū)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fish out (from pocket) — 掏 (tāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fish up — 捞 (lāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to fish with a hook and line — 钓 (diào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) — 倒灌 (dǎo guàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to force sb to drink alcohol — 灌酒 (guàn jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to freeload for food — 蹭吃 (cèng chī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to freeze (food etc) — 冷冻 (lěng dòng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to freeze (water etc) — 冻结 (dòng jié)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to freeze over (of water or land) — 封冻 (fēng dòng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to get food at a canteen — 打饭 (dǎ fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to get food stuck between one's teeth — 塞牙 (sāi yá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to give (animals) water to drink — 饮 (yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to give a dinner party — 请客 (qǐng kè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to give food (as a charity) — 施食 (shī shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to give water (to animals) — 饮水 (yǐn shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to go in search of food (of animals) — 打食 (dǎ shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) — 下厨 (xià chú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to gorge oneself with food — 大吃特吃 (dà chī tè chī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to graze — 吃草 (chī cǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month) — 打牙祭 (dǎ yá jì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to have a meal — 吃饭 (chī fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have a meal — 进餐 (jìn cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have a snack — 点补 (diǎn bǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have a sweet aftertaste — 回甘 (huí gān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have a sweet aftertaste — 回甜 (huí tián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have a taste for the exotic (idiom) — 好奇尚异 (hǎo qí shàng yì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to have a taste of — 领略 (lǐng lüè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) — 鼻酸 (bí suān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have an extra meal — 加餐 (jiā cān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth — 吐苦水 (tǔ kǔ shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to have engorged breasts (after childbirth) — 涨奶 (zhǎng nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have enough food and warm clothes — 温饱 (wēn bǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have good taste — 有眼光 (yǒu yǎn guāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to have running water (in a house etc) — 通水 (tōng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have tea and refreshments — 饮茶 (yǐn chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) — 进水 (jìn shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to heat up by itself — 自热 (zì rè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to heat water — 烧水 (shāo shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to help oneself to (food) — 自取 (zì qǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · urgent

• to hold a welcoming dinner or reception — 接风 (jiē fēng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to host (a dinner) — 作东 (zuò dōng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) — 捕杀 (bǔ shā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) — 偷鸡摸狗 (tōu jī mō gǒu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to immerse in water — 浸水 (jìn shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to improve taste — 提味 (tí wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to improve water quality — 改水 (gǎi shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to induce germination of seeds (e.g. by soaking in water) — 催芽 (cuī yá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to install (water pipes, landmines etc) underground — 埋设 (mái shè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to keep the books — 做账 (zuò zhàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to lack food supplies — 缺粮 (quē liáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to ladle out soup — 舀汤 (yǎo tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to ladle water — 舀水 (yǎo shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to look for bones in an egg — 鸡蛋里挑骨头 (jī dàn lǐ tiāo gǔ tou)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• to lose flavor — 走味 (zǒu wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to lose flavor — 跑味 (pǎo wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to lose flavor — 跑味儿 (pǎo wèi ér)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to love wine as one's life (idiom) — 嗜酒如命 (shì jiǔ rú mìng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to lurk under water — 沉潜 (chén qián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to make (food) on the spot — 现做 (xiàn zuò)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to make (wine or spirits) — 酿成 (niàng chéng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc) — 酿酒 (niàng jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to make a fresh batch of sth (juice, pasta, spices etc) — 现打 (xiàn dǎ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to make one's mouth water — 馋人 (chán rén)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to make tea — 泡茶 (pào chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to make tea — 烧茶 (shāo chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to milk — 挤奶 (jǐ nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to neglect sleep and food — 废寝食 (fèi qǐn shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to one's taste — 对胃口 (duì wèi kǒu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) — 张口 (zhāng kǒu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to order dishes (in a restaurant) — 点菜 (diǎn cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to pass off fish eyes for pearls — 鱼目混珠 (yú mù hùn zhū)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc) — 纳粮 (nà liáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) — 埋单 (mái dān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to pick out the bones in a fish — 择刺 (zé cì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to pick tea leaves — 采茶 (cǎi chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to pick up (a skill) in a very short time — 一学就会 (yì xué jiù huì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to place (food) on the table — 上桌 (shàng zhuō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine) — 吃大户 (chī dà hù)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to pour cold water — 浇冷水 (jiāo lěng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to pour cold water on — 泼冷水 (pō lěng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to pour water into — 注水 (zhù shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to prepare (food etc) using a secret recipe — 秘制 (mì zhì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to prepare a meal — 做饭 (zuò fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to press (fruit) — 敲榨 (qiāo zhà)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) — 产出 (chǎn chū)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to produce milk — 下奶 (xià nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to promote ripening of fruit — 催熟 (cuī shú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to provide alms and rice (idiom) — 施粥舍饭 (shī zhōu shè fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to provide food for thought (idiom) — 发人深省 (fā rén shēn xǐng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to pump water — 抽水 (chōu shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth — 扒饭 (bā fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to put into the pot (to cook) — 下锅 (xià guō)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to put some food aside for sb — 留饭 (liú fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to raise one's wine cup — 把酒 (bǎ jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to rake in (money) — 搜刮 (sōu guā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc — 冲调 (chōng tiáo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to release flood water — 泄洪 (xiè hóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to relieve the burning sensation of spicy food — 解辣 (jiě là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to relieve the greasy sensation of fatty or oily food — 解腻 (jiě nì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc — 包场 (bāo chǎng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to rinse one's mouth with river water — 漱流 (shù liú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to rinse one's mouth with water — 漱 (shù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to rinse rice — 淘米 (táo mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to roast — 烤 (kǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to run out of food — 断粮 (duàn liáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc) — 试水 (shì shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to sample — 品味 (pǐn wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to save food — 节食 (jié shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc — 拼婚 (pīn hūn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to save on food and clothing (idiom) — 节衣缩食 (jié yī suō shí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to save water — 节水 (jié shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to scrape the meat from bones — 剔 (tī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to sell meat — 卖肉 (mài ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to serve (food, tea etc) — 端上 (duān shàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to serve (food) — 端饭 (duān fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to serve a meal — 开饭 (kāi fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to serve food — 上菜 (shàng cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to serve food — 端菜 (duān cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to serve tea (to guests) — 敬茶 (jìng chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to show poor taste — 落俗 (luò sú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to skip stones (on water) — 打水漂 (dǎ shuǐ piāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to slaughter (an animal for meat) — 宰杀 (zǎi shā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to slaughter (animals for food) — 屠 (tú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to smell, look and taste great — 色香味俱全 (sè xiāng wèi jù quán)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• to soak cooked rice in soup or water — 泡饭 (pào fàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc) — 浸种 (jìn zhǒng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to splash water — 泼水 (pō shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to start providing food — 开伙 (kāi huǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) — 躲开 (duǒ kāi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to stew meat — 炖肉 (dùn ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to stew meat without seasoning — 清炖 (qīng dùn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to stir-fry leftover rice — 炒冷饭 (chǎo lěng fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to stop for a snack while traveling — 打尖 (dǎ jiān)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to store water — 储水 (chǔ shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to stuff oneself with food — 胡吃海塞 (hú chī hǎi sāi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to suck the breast (for milk) — 吃奶 (chī nǎi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to suit one's taste — 合意 (hé yì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to supply water — 供水 (gōng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to supply water — 给水 (jǐ shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to swallow (food or drink) — 下咽 (xià yàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to take — 摘 (zhāi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health — 补养 (bǔ yǎng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to taste (wine etc) — 试饮 (shì yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to taste tea — 品茶 (pǐn chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to taste wine — 品酒 (pǐn jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to thaw (frozen food) — 退冰 (tuì bīng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to thin fruit (to increase fruit size etc) — 疏果 (shū guǒ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to toast bread — 烤面包 (kǎo miàn bāo)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to toast sb (with wine etc) — 举杯 (jǔ bēi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to tread water — 踩水 (cǎi shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to try out a restaurant and film a video to share on the Internet — 探店 (tàn diàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to turn on the water — 放水 (fàng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating — 吃坏 (chī huài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to urge sb to drink alcohol — 劝酒 (quàn jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to use as a venue (e.g. use {a restaurant} as the venue {for a farewell party}) — 假座 (jiǎ zuò)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to warm up wine — 温酒 (wēn jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities) — 淘 (táo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to water — 浇灌 (jiāo guàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to water (plants etc) — 浇水 (jiāo shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to water down — 淡化 (dàn huà)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to water the plants — 浇花 (jiāo huā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to water-cool — 水冷 (shuǐ lěng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) — 拿着鸡毛当令箭 (ná zhe jī máo dāng lìng jiàn)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom) — 摇旗呐喊 (yáo qí nà hǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• to wine and dine — 宴饮 (yàn yǐn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• to wolf down one's food (idiom) — 狼吞虎咽 (láng tūn hǔ yàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• tofu — 豆腐 (dòu fu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) — 豆腐皮 (dòu fu pí)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• tomato juice — 番茄汁 (fān qié zhī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) — 食补 (shí bǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tonic water — 汤力水 (tāng lì shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• topping (mixture of ingredients and sauce poured over noodles or rice, esp. in Shanghainese cuisine) — 浇头 (jiāo tóu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• traditional Xinjiang sweet walnut cake — 切糕 (qiè gāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tray — 盘 (pán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tribute tea — 贡茶 (gòng chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• tripe (stomach lining of cattle etc used as food) — 百叶 (bǎi yè)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• trivial matter — 小事一桩 (xiǎo shì yì zhuāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• tropical fish — 热带鱼 (rè dài yú)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb) — 忘八旦 (wàng bā dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb) — 忘八蛋 (wàng bā dàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• twice-cooked pork — 回锅肉 (huí guō ròu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• two-item combo (usu. referring to a food dish, esp. two types of meat served with rice or noodles) — 双拼 (shuāng pīn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• udon noodles — 乌冬面 (wū dōng miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• udon, a thick Japanese-style wheat-flour noodle — 乌龙面 (wū lóng miàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• unable to get anything to eat — 吃不上 (chī bú shàng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• unboiled water — 生水 (shēng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• uncooked rice — 米 (mǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• under the water — 水下 (shuǐ xià)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• underground water channel — 暗渠 (àn qú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• unfiltered rice wine — 浊酒 (zhuó jiǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• unhusked rice — 稻谷 (dào gǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• unpleasant to drink — 难喝 (nán hē)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea — 毛茶 (máo chá)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• unsavory meal taken in remembrance of past hardships — 忆苦饭 (yì kǔ fàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• unsweetened soy milk — 清浆 (qīng jiāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom) — 放长线钓大鱼 (fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom) — 竹篮打水 (zhú lán dá shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• vast body of water — 汪洋 (wāng yáng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable — 菜 (cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable cooking oil — 清油 (qīng yóu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable dish — 素菜 (sù cài)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable farmer — 菜农 (cài nóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable field — 菜圃 (cài pǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable field — 菜地 (cài dì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable filling — 素馅 (sù xiàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable garden — 菜园 (cài yuán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable knife — 菜刀 (cài dāo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable noodle dish — 素面 (sù miàn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetable oil — 植物油 (zhí wù yóu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• vegetable or food basket — 菜篮子 (cài lán zi)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• vegetable seeds — 菜籽 (cài zǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetarian chicken, a soybean product — 素鸡 (sù jī)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetarian food — 素食 (sù shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetarian meal — 蔬食 (shū shí)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• vegetarian meat substitute — 素肉 (sù ròu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan — 功夫茶 (gōng fū chá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• very short of (food, clean water etc) — 奇缺 (qí quē)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• very spicy — 极辣 (jí là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• very spicy — 重辣 (zhòng là)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• very sweet — 甜蜜蜜 (tián mì mì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• volume of water — 水量 (shuǐ liàng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• warm — 热乎乎 (rè hū hū)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• waste water — 废水 (fèi shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water — 水 (shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water and land — 水陆 (shuǐ lù)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water and land transport — 水陆交通 (shuǐ lù jiāo tōng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water and sky merge in one color (idiom) — 水天一色 (shuǐ tiān yí sè)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water and soil — 水土 (shuǐ tǔ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water bill — 水费 (shuǐ fèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water bong — 水烟袋 (shuǐ yān dài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water buffalo — 水牛 (shuǐ niú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water cannon — 水炮 (shuǐ pào)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water cannon vehicle, common name for specialized crowd management vehicle 人群管理特別用途車|人群管理特别用途车[ren2 qun2 guan3 li3 te4 bie2 yong4 tu2 che1] — 水炮车 (shuǐ pào chē)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water clock — 滴漏 (dī lòu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water clock — 漏壶 (lòu hú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water clock used to mark night watches — 更漏 (gèng lòu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water conservancy — 水利 (shuǐ lì)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water container for an ink slab — 砚水壶儿 (yàn shuǐ hú ér)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water dispenser — 饮水器 (yǐn shuǐ qì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water dispenser — 饮水机 (yǐn shuǐ jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water drop — 滴水 (dī shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia) — 鱼虫 (yú chóng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water from a mountain — 山水 (shān shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water gruel — 稀粥 (xī zhōu)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water gun — 滋水枪 (zī shuǐ qiāng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water hazard (golf) — 水障碍 (shuǐ zhàng ài)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water heater — 热水器 (rè shuǐ qì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water hyacinth — 凤眼兰 (fèng yǎn lán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water ice (i.e. frozen H2O) — 水冰 (shuǐ bīng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here — 远水救不了近火 (yuǎn shuǐ jiù bù liǎo jìn huǒ)

  food · restaurant · advanced · neutral

• water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out — 米汤 (mǐ tāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water inlet — 进水口 (jìn shuǐ kǒu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water intake — 取水 (qǔ shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water intake — 进水闸 (jìn shuǐ zhá)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water jar — 水缸 (shuǐ gāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water level — 水位 (shuǐ wèi)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water levels during the flood season — 汛情 (xùn qíng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water lily — 睡莲 (shuì lián)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water mains — 自来水管 (zì lái shuǐ guǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water manager — 水利家 (shuǐ lì jiā)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water meter — 水表 (shuǐ biǎo)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water of crystallization — 结晶水 (jié jīng shuǐ)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom) — 泼水难收 (pō shuǐ nán shōu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water outlet — 出水口 (chū shuǐ kǒu)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water park — 水上乐园 (shuǐ shàng lè yuán)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water pick — 冲牙器 (chōng yá qì)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water pipe — 水管 (shuǐ guǎn)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water pistol (toy) — 水枪 (shuǐ qiāng)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water pollution — 水污染 (shuǐ wū rǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water pollution — 水质污染 (shuǐ zhì wū rǎn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water polo — 水球 (shuǐ qiú)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water polo pool — 水球场 (shuǐ qiú chǎng)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water pool — 水潭 (shuǐ tán)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water pressure — 水压 (shuǐ yā)

  food · restaurant · beginner · neutral

• water pump — 抽水机 (chōu shuǐ jī)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water pumping station — 抽水站 (chōu shuǐ zhàn)

  food · restaurant · intermediate · neutral

• water purifier — 净水器 (jìng shuǐ qì)

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• water quality — 水质 (shuǐ zhì)

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• water reservoir — 蓄水池 (xù shuǐ chí)

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• water roux (aka tangzhong), a gelatinous paste made by heating a mixture of flour and water, used in breadmaking to produce a softer, fluffier loaf (loanword from Japanese 湯種 yudane) — 汤种 (tāng zhǒng)

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• water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification) — 水幕 (shuǐ mù)

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• water seepage — 渗水 (shèn shuǐ)

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• water shortage — 缺水 (quē shuǐ)

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• water skiing — 滑水 (huá shuǐ)

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• water slide — 滑水道 (huá shuǐ dào)

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• water snake — 水蛇 (shuǐ shé)

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• water snake — 游蛇 (yóu shé)

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• water so clear you can see the bottom — 清澈见底 (qīng chè jiàn dǐ)

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• water source — 水源 (shuǐ yuán)

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• water spinach — 空心菜 (kōng xīn cài)

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• water sports — 水上运动 (shuǐ shàng yùn dòng)

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• water storage — 蓄水 (xù shuǐ)

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• water supply — 水务 (shuǐ wù)

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• water supply and drainage — 给排水 (gěi pái shuǐ)

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• water surface — 水面 (shuǐ miàn)

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• water tank — 水箱 (shuǐ xiāng)

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• water temperature — 水温 (shuǐ wēn)

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• water tower — 水塔 (shuǐ tǎ)

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• water treatment — 水处理 (shuǐ chǔ lǐ)

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• water treatment plant — 污水处理厂 (wū shuǐ chǔ lǐ chǎng)

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• water valve — 水门 (shuǐ mén)

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• water vapor — 水气 (shuǐ qì)

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• water vapor — 水汽 (shuǐ qì)

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• water wheel — 龙骨车 (lóng gǔ chē)

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• water-based — 水基 (shuǐ jī)

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• water-boarding (torture) — 水刑 (shuǐ xíng)

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• water-boarding, interrogation technique used by CIA — 水刑逼供 (shuǐ xíng bī gòng)

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• water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus) — 漏水转浑天仪 (lòu shuǐ zhuǎn hún tiān yí)

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• water-filled barrier — 水马 (shuǐ mǎ)

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• water-induction engineering — 引水工程 (yǐn shuǐ gōng chéng)

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• water-storage tank — 储水箱 (chǔ shuǐ xiāng)

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• water, please — 请给我一杯水 (qǐng gěi wǒ yì bēi shuǐ)

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• wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit) — 莲雾 (lián wù)

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• weeping bitter tears — 痛哭流涕 (tòng kū liú tì)

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• well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste — 陈酒 (chén jiǔ)

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• when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) — 饥不择食 (jī bù zé shí)

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• white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine — 奶汤 (nǎi tāng)

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• white tea — 白茶 (bái chá)

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• wild fruit — 野果 (yě guǒ)

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• wine — 酒浆 (jiǔ jiāng)

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• wine (esp. rice wine) — 酒 (jiǔ)

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• wine and women — 酒色 (jiǔ sè)

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• wine cup — 酒杯 (jiǔ bēi)

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• wine factory — 酒厂 (jiǔ chǎng)

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• wine flavored with Chinese mugwort — 艾酒 (ài jiǔ)

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• wine jar — 酒缸 (jiǔ gāng)

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• wine list (in a restaurant etc) — 酒单 (jiǔ dān)

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• wine pot — 酒壶 (jiǔ hú)

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• wine sack, food bag (idiom) — 酒囊饭袋 (jiǔ náng fàn dài)

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• wine shop — 酒店 (jiǔ diàn)

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• wine shop — 酒肆 (jiǔ sì)

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• wine shop sign — 酒帘 (jiǔ lián)

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• wine vessel — 酒具 (jiǔ jù)

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• wine-drinking game — 酒令 (jiǔ lìng)

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• wine-lover — 醉翁 (zuì wēng)

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• wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom) — 醉翁之意不在酒 (zuì wēng zhī yì bú zài jiǔ)

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• wine, esp. Shaoxing wine — 老酒 (lǎo jiǔ)

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• wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom) — 酒色财气 (jiǔ sè cái qì)

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• with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location) — 背山临水 (bèi shān lín shuǐ)

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• working meal — 工作餐 (gōng zuò cān)

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• writing on the ground with a large brush dipped in water — 地书 (dì shū)

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• yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat) — 日式烧肉 (rì shì shāo ròu)

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• yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken — 烧鸟 (shāo niǎo)

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• yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root — 豆薯 (dòu shǔ)

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• yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine) — 芋泥 (yù ní)

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• yellow croaker (fish) — 黄花鱼 (huáng huā yú)

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• yellow croaker (fish) — 黄鱼 (huáng yú)

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• yi mein (or yee mee or yee-fu noodles etc), a variety of Cantonese egg noodle — 伊面 (yī miàn)

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• yuxiang, a seasoning of Chinese cuisine that typically contains garlic, scallions, ginger, sugar, salt, chili peppers etc (Although "yuxiang" literally means "fish fragrance", it contains no seafood.) — 鱼香 (yú xiāng)

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• zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) — 炸酱面 (zhà jiàng miàn)

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