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60 words · 中文

Chinese words for food and cooking

All 60 words, each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in.

Food vocabulary is the fastest to put to use, because you meet it three times a day whether you study or not.

This is the exact chinese words for food and cooking set the LearnScreen app reviews — every word with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a Chinese sentence it appears in — so nothing here is a sample of something larger you have to pay to see.

Simplified characters, with pinyin and tone marks in the pronunciation column.

All 60 words

Chinese words for food and cooking, 60 entries with pronunciation and an example sentence
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1早餐breakfastzǎocān早餐八点开始。
2午餐lunchwǔcān我们中午吃午餐。
3晚餐dinnerwǎncān晚餐七点开始。
4零食snacklíngshí我现在想吃零食。
5开胃菜appetizer, starterkāiwèicài开胃菜非常好吃。
6甜点desserttiándiǎn我喜欢巧克力甜点。
7食谱recipeshípǔ这个食谱很简单。
8食材, 原料ingredientshícái我们还需要一种食材。
9香料, 调料spicexiāngliào在汤里加点香料。
10盐saltyán请把盐递给我。
11胡椒pepperhújiāo你要加胡椒吗?
12糖sugartáng我在咖啡里加糖。
13面粉flourmiànfěn做蛋糕需要面粉。
14黄油butterhuángyóu在面包上涂黄油。
15油, 食用油oilyóu在锅里加热油。
16面包breadmiànbāo我每天买新鲜面包。
17米饭, 米ricemǐfàn米饭十分钟就好了。
18意大利面pastayìdàlìmiàn今晚我做意大利面。
19肉meatròu我不吃肉。
20鸡肉chickenjīròu鸡肉在烤箱里。
21牛肉beefniúròu这牛肉很嫩。
22猪肉porkzhūròu今天午餐吃了猪肉。
23鱼fishyú我喜欢鱼配柠檬。
24鸡蛋eggjīdàn我早餐吃两个鸡蛋。
25奶酪cheesenǎilào这奶酪来自法国。
26牛奶milkniúnǎi孩子们每天喝牛奶。
27蔬菜vegetableshūcài多吃蔬菜,很健康。
28水果fruitshuǐguǒ我每顿饭后吃水果。
29沙拉saladshālā今天我做了新鲜沙拉。
30汤souptāng汤非常烫。
31酱汁saucejiàngzhī这酱汁很好吃。
32煎fryjiān我用黄油煎鸡蛋。
33煮boilzhǔ把水煮开泡茶。
34烘焙bakehōngbèi她每个星期天烘焙蛋糕。
35烤grillkǎo我们去外面烤蔬菜吧。
36烘烤roasthōngkǎo我用香草烘烤鸡肉。
37搅拌stirjiǎobàn请慢慢搅拌汤。
38切碎chopqiēsuì把洋葱切碎。
39削皮peelxiāopí做菜前先削皮。
40切片sliceqiēpiàn请把面包切片。
41混合mixhùnhé把面粉和鸡蛋混合。
42烤箱ovenkǎoxiāng蛋糕在烤箱里。
43炉灶stove, cookerlúzào锅在炉灶上。
44平底锅frying pan, skilletpíngdǐguō用平底锅煎鸡蛋。
45锅potguō在锅里加水。
46刀knifedāo小心用刀。
47叉子forkchāzi我需要一把叉子和一把刀。
48勺子spoonsháozi给我一个勺子喝汤。
49盘子platepánzi把食物放在盘子里。
50杯子cupbēizi你要一杯茶吗?
51玻璃杯glassbōlibēi把水倒进玻璃杯。
52碗bowlwǎn麦片在碗里。
53餐巾纸napkin, serviettecānjīnzhǐ从桌上拿一张餐巾纸。
54微波炉microwavewēibōlú用微波炉加热食物。
55冰箱refrigerator, fridgebīngxiāng把牛奶放进冰箱。
56冷冻室freezerlěngdòngshì冰淇淋在冷冻室里。
57搅拌机blenderjiǎobànjī用搅拌机做奶昔。
58烤面包机toasterkǎomiànbāojī烤面包机在台面上。
59水壶kettleshuǐhú水壶在烧水了。
60洗碗机dishwasherxǐwǎnjī晚饭后我开洗碗机。

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