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Hi friends, last weekend I introduced some useful Chinese words to do with travel. Today the new words are about eating out while in China and I hope you find the new vocabulary helpful when you visit China.
NEW WORDS:
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饭店: restaurant -- fandian 餐馆:restaurant/ eatery -- canguan 餐厅:dining hall -- canting 餐车:dinging car -- canche 餐桌:dining table -- canzhuo 餐巾:napkin / table napkin -- canjin
餐具:tableware -- canju 调羹 / 勺子: spoon 筷子: chopsticks -- kuaizi 餐刀: knife -- caidao 餐叉/ 叉子: folk -- chazi
菜单:menu -- caidan 点菜:order dishes -- diancai
吃饭:eat / have a meal -- chifan 吃早餐 / 早饭: to have breakfast -- chi zaofan 吃午餐 / 午饭: to have lunch -- chi wufan 吃晚餐 / 晚饭: to have dinner/supper -- chi wanfan
早餐 / 早饭 -- zaocan/zaofan -- breakfast 午餐 / 午饭 -- wucan/wufan -- lunch 晚餐 / 晚饭 -- wancan/wanfan -- supper/dinner
]吃中餐:have Chinese food -- chi zhongcan 吃西餐:have Western food -- chi xican
中餐 -- zhongcan -- Chinese meal, Chinese food 西餐 -- xican -- Western-style food
餐后甜点: dessert -- can hou tian dian 冰淇淋:ice cream -- bingqilin
REVIEW SOME WORDS FROM LAST UNIT:
牛排 -- niupai-- beefsteak 猪排 -- zhufan -- pork chop 排骨 -- faigu -- chop
鱼-- yu -- fish 肉-- rou -- meat 蛋 -- dan -- egg
蔬菜-- shucai -- vegetable
水果 -- shuiguo -- fruit 苹果 -- pingguo -- apple 梨 -- li -- pear 香蕉 -- xiangjiao -- banana 葡萄 -- putao -- grape 西瓜 -- xigua -- watermelon 香瓜 -- cantaloup 哈密瓜-- hamigua -- Hami melon 桔子/ 橙子 -- juzi / chengzi-- orange 柠檬 -- ningmeng -- lemon 桃子 -- taozi -- peach 李子 -- lizi -- plum
食品 -- shipin -- foodstuff (燕)麦片 / (燕)麦粥 -- maipian -- oatmeal 面包 -- mianbao -- bread 三明治 -- sanmingchi -- sandwich 牛奶 -- niunai -- milk
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn, or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are also welcome to publish your opinions in Forum For Friends. :-) --Shirley Written, Translated and Recorded It On Sat, May 27, 2006
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