CHIN 111 L10 Expanded

气候

qì hòu/climate

气

qì/air; gas; weather

候

hòu/season; climate; to wait

饮食

yǐn shí/diet; food and drink

饮

yǐn/to drink

食

shí/to eat; food

习惯

xí guàn/habit; custom

习

xí/to practice; to be used to

惯

guàn/accustomed to; habit

主食

zhǔ shí/staple food

主

zhǔ/main; master

温和

wēn hé/mild; gentle

温

wēn/warm; temperature

和

hé/harmonious; mild; and

季

jì/season

新鲜

xīn xiān/fresh

新

xīn/new

鲜

xiān/fresh

品种

pǐn zhǒng/variety; type

品

pǐn/product; item

种

zhǒng/kind; species; seed

主要

zhǔ yào/main; major

要

yào/to want; important

等

děng/to wait; etc.; class

比较

bǐ jiào/relatively; to compare

比

bǐ/to compare

较

jiào/to compare; relatively

各

gè/each; every

特点

tè diǎn/characteristic

特

tè/special

点

diǎn/point; dot

总的来说

zǒng de lái shuō/generally speaking

总

zǒng/total; always

的

de/possessive particle

来

lái/to come

说

shuō/to say; to speak

甜

tián/sweet

咸

xián/salty

辣

là/spicy

或者

huò zhě/or

或

huò/or; maybe

者

zhě/one who; -er

酸

suān/sour

讲究

jiǎng jiu/to be particular about

讲

jiǎng/to speak; to explain

究

jiu/to investigate

切

qiē/to cut

蔬菜

shū cài/vegetables

蔬

shū/vegetables

菜

cài/dish; vegetable

白菜

bái cài/napa cabbage

白

bái/white

土豆

tǔ dòu/potato

土

tǔ/earth; soil

豆

dòu/bean

萝卜

luó bo/radish

萝

luó/radish (as in 萝卜)

卜

bo/radish (as in 萝卜)

调料

tiáo liào/seasoning

调

tiáo/to adjust; to blend

料

liào/material; ingredient

糖

táng/sugar

盐

yán/salt

醋

cù/vinegar

葱

cōng/scallion

蒜

suàn/garlic

辣椒

là jiāo/chili pepper

椒

jiāo/pepper

做菜

zuò cài/to cook

做

zuò/to do; to make

方法

fāng fǎ/method

方

fāng/direction; square; method

法

fǎ/method; law

炒

chǎo/to stir-fry

蒸

zhēng/to steam

炸

zhá/to deep-fry

煮

zhǔ/to boil; to cook

四川

sì chuān/Sichuan

四

sì/four

川

chuān/river; plain

湖南

hú nán/Hunan

湖

hú/lake

南

nán/south

山西

shān xī/Shanxi

山

shān/mountain

西

xī/west

山东

shān dōng/Shandong

东

dōng/east

麦当劳

mài dāng láo/McDonald's

麦

mài/wheat

当

dāng/to serve as; to act as

劳

láo/labor