Characters
Food & Drink
Common food vocabulary. 饭 (fàn) literally means "cooked rice" but is the general word for "meal" — 吃饭 is "to eat".
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| mǐ | rice (uncooked grain) | |
| fàn | meal / cooked rice | |
| miàn | noodle / flour | |
| yú | fish | |
| ròu | meat | |
| cài | vegetable / dish | |
| chá | tea |
Useful combinations
- 米饭 — mǐfàn — cooked white rice
- 面条 — miàntiáo — noodles
- 中餐 — zhōngcān — Chinese food
- 喝茶 — hē chá — drink tea
- 吃饭 了 吗? — common greeting, lit. "Have you eaten yet?"
Quiz
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鱼 means:
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"To drink tea" is:
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Which is the general word for "meal"?