Food & drink

Dishes, ingredients, drinks, tastes and eating out.

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Word list: Food & drink

Dishes, ingredients, drinks, tastes and eating out. Below you'll find all 139 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
杯子		bēizi	cup	HSK 1
菜		cài	dish	HSK 1
茶		chá	tea	HSK 1
吃		chī	eat	HSK 1
饭店	飯店	fàndiàn	restaurant	HSK 1
喝		hē	to drink	HSK 1
米饭	米飯	mǐfàn	rice	HSK 1
苹果	蘋果	píngguǒ	apple	HSK 1
水		shuǐ	water	HSK 1
水果		shuǐguǒ	fruit	HSK 1
好吃		hǎochī	tasty	HSK 2
鸡蛋	雞蛋	jīdàn	egg	HSK 2
咖啡		kāfēi	coffee	HSK 2
面条	面條	miàntiáo	noodles	HSK 2
牛奶		niúnǎi	cow's milk	HSK 2
西瓜		xīguā	watermelon	HSK 2
羊肉		yángròu	mutton	HSK 2
菜单	菜單	càidān	menu	HSK 3
蛋糕		dàngāo	cake	HSK 3
筷子		kuàizi	chopsticks	HSK 3
米		mǐ	rice	HSK 3
面包		miànbāo	bread	HSK 3
盘子	盤子	pánzi	plate	HSK 3
啤酒		píjiǔ	beer	HSK 3
甜		tián	sweet	HSK 3
碗		wǎn	bowl	HSK 3
香蕉		xiāngjiāo	banana	HSK 3
新鲜	新鮮	xīnxiān	fresh	HSK 3
饮料	飲料	yǐnliào	beverage	HSK 3
包子		bāozi	steamed stuffed bun	HSK 4
饼干	餅幹	bǐnggān	biscuit	HSK 4
餐厅	餐廳	cāntīng	dining hall	HSK 4
尝	嘗	cháng	to taste	HSK 4
果汁		guǒzhī	fruit juice	HSK 4
饺子	餃子	jiǎozi	dumpling	HSK 4
烤鸭	烤鴨	kǎoyā	roast duck	HSK 4
苦		kǔ	bitter	HSK 4
矿泉水	礦泉水	kuàngquánshuǐ	mineral water	HSK 4
辣		là	hot	HSK 4
葡萄		pútao	grape	HSK 4
巧克力		qiǎokèlì	chocolate	HSK 4
勺子		sháozi	spoon	HSK 4
酸		suān	sour	HSK 4
汤	湯	tāng	soup	HSK 4
糖		táng	sugar	HSK 4
味道		wèidao	flavor	HSK 4
西红柿	西紅柿	xīhóngshì	tomato	HSK 4
咸	鹹	xián	salty	HSK 4
香		xiāng	fragrant	HSK 4
小吃		xiǎochī	snack	HSK 4
盐	鹽	yán	salt	HSK 4
冰激凌	冰激淩	bīngjīlíng	ice cream	HSK 5
叉子		chāzi	fork	HSK 5
炒		chǎo	to stir-fry	HSK 5
醋		cù	vinegar	HSK 5
淡		dàn	diluted	HSK 5
点心	點心	diǎnxin	dim sum	HSK 5
豆腐		dòufu	tofu	HSK 5
海鲜	海鮮	hǎixiān	seafood	HSK 5
花生		huāshēng	peanut	HSK 5
酱油	醬油	jiàngyóu	soy sauce	HSK 5
桔子		júzi	tangerine	HSK 5
开水	開水	kāishuǐ	boiled water	HSK 5
口味		kǒuwèi	a person's tastes or preferences	HSK 5
辣椒		làjiāo	hot pepper	HSK 5
烂	爛	làn	overcooked	HSK 5
梨		lí	pear	HSK 5
粮食	糧食	liángshi	grain	HSK 5
零食		língshí	snack	HSK 5
馒头	饅頭	mántou	steamed bun/roll	HSK 5
嫩		nèn	tender	HSK 5
清淡		qīngdàn	light	HSK 5
食物		shíwù	food	HSK 5
蔬菜		shūcài	vegetables	HSK 5
桃		táo	peach	HSK 5
土豆		tǔdòu	potato	HSK 5
香肠	香腸	xiāngcháng	sausage	HSK 5
油炸		yóuzhá	deep fry	HSK 5
玉米		yùmǐ	corn	HSK 5
原料		yuánliào	raw material	HSK 5
煮		zhǔ	to boil	HSK 5
熬		áo	endure	HSK 6
馋	饞	chán	gluttonous	HSK 6
橙		chéng	orange	HSK 6
打包		dǎbāo	get a doggy bag	HSK 6
蛋白质	蛋白質	dànbáizhì	protein	HSK 6
稻谷	稻穀	dàogǔ	rice crops/paddy	HSK 6
丰盛	豐盛	fēngshèng	sumptuous	HSK 6
风味	風味	fēngwèi	local flavor	HSK 6
烘		hōng	to dry or warm by the fire	HSK 6
荤	葷	hūn	meat or fish dish	HSK 6
佳肴		jiāyáo	delicacy	HSK 6
家常		jiācháng	the daily life of a family	HSK 6
煎		jiān	pan-fry	HSK 6
搅拌	攪拌	jiǎobàn	stir	HSK 6
酒精		jiǔjīng	alcohol	HSK 6
咀嚼		jǔjué	to chew	HSK 6
可口		kěkǒu	tasty	HSK 6
苦涩	苦澀	kǔsè	bitter and astringent	HSK 6
狼吞虎咽		lángtūnhǔyàn	wolf down one's food	HSK 6
烹饪		pēngrèn	cooking	HSK 6
品尝	品嘗	pǐncháng	try	HSK 6
涮火锅	涮火鍋	shuànhuǒguō	to instant-boil	HSK 6
素食		sùshí	vegetables	HSK 6
调料	調料	tiáoliào	seasoning	HSK 6
馅儿	餡兒	xiànr	stuffing	HSK 6
腥		xīng	fishy	HSK 6
饮食	飲食	yǐnshí	food and drink	HSK 6
油腻	油膩	yóunì	greasy or oily	HSK 6
粥		zhōu	porridge	HSK 6
滋味		zīwèi	taste	HSK 6
早饭	早飯	zǎofàn	breakfast	Daily life
早餐		zǎocān	breakfast	Daily life
午饭	午飯	wǔfàn	lunch	Daily life
晚饭	晚飯	wǎnfàn	dinner	Daily life
外卖	外賣	wàimài	takeout	Daily life
点菜	點菜	diǎncài	to order food	Daily life
买单	買單	mǎidān	to pay the bill	Daily life
面		miàn	noodles	Daily life
火锅	火鍋	huǒguō	hot pot	Daily life
烧烤	燒烤	shāokǎo	barbecue	Daily life
炒饭	炒飯	chǎofàn	fried rice	Daily life
白菜		báicài	Chinese cabbage	Daily life
青菜		qīngcài	green vegetables	Daily life
牛肉		niúròu	beef	Daily life
猪肉	豬肉	zhūròu	pork	Daily life
鸡肉	雞肉	jīròu	chicken	Daily life
虾	蝦	xiā	shrimp	Daily life
不要辣		bú yào là	no chili please	Daily life
可乐	可樂	kělè	cola	Daily life
奶茶		nǎichá	milk tea	Daily life
白酒		báijiǔ	baijiu	Daily life
红酒	紅酒	hóngjiǔ	red wine	Daily life
冰		bīng	ice	Daily life
热水	熱水	rèshuǐ	hot water	Daily life
菜市场	菜市場	càishìchǎng	food market	Daily life
便利店		biànlìdiàn	convenience store	Daily life
好喝		hǎohē	tasty	Daily life
买菜	買菜	mǎicài	to buy groceries	Daily life

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