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 | English | Pinyin | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 早餐 | breakfast | zǎocān | 早餐八点开始。 |
| 2 | 午餐 | lunch | wǔcān | 我们中午吃午餐。 |
| 3 | 晚餐 | dinner | wǎncān | 晚餐七点开始。 |
| 4 | 零食 | snack | língshí | 我现在想吃零食。 |
| 5 | 开胃菜 | appetizer, starter | kāiwèicài | 开胃菜非常好吃。 |
| 6 | 甜点 | dessert | tiándiǎn | 我喜欢巧克力甜点。 |
| 7 | 食谱 | recipe | shípǔ | 这个食谱很简单。 |
| 8 | 食材, 原料 | ingredient | shícái | 我们还需要一种食材。 |
| 9 | 香料, 调料 | spice | xiāngliào | 在汤里加点香料。 |
| 10 | 盐 | salt | yán | 请把盐递给我。 |
| 11 | 胡椒 | pepper | hújiāo | 你要加胡椒吗? |
| 12 | 糖 | sugar | táng | 我在咖啡里加糖。 |
| 13 | 面粉 | flour | miànfěn | 做蛋糕需要面粉。 |
| 14 | 黄油 | butter | huángyóu | 在面包上涂黄油。 |
| 15 | 油, 食用油 | oil | yóu | 在锅里加热油。 |
| 16 | 面包 | bread | miànbāo | 我每天买新鲜面包。 |
| 17 | 米饭, 米 | rice | mǐfàn | 米饭十分钟就好了。 |
| 18 | 意大利面 | pasta | yìdàlìmiàn | 今晚我做意大利面。 |
| 19 | 肉 | meat | ròu | 我不吃肉。 |
| 20 | 鸡肉 | chicken | jīròu | 鸡肉在烤箱里。 |
| 21 | 牛肉 | beef | niúròu | 这牛肉很嫩。 |
| 22 | 猪肉 | pork | zhūròu | 今天午餐吃了猪肉。 |
| 23 | 鱼 | fish | yú | 我喜欢鱼配柠檬。 |
| 24 | 鸡蛋 | egg | jīdàn | 我早餐吃两个鸡蛋。 |
| 25 | 奶酪 | cheese | nǎilào | 这奶酪来自法国。 |
| 26 | 牛奶 | milk | niúnǎi | 孩子们每天喝牛奶。 |
| 27 | 蔬菜 | vegetable | shūcài | 多吃蔬菜,很健康。 |
| 28 | 水果 | fruit | shuǐguǒ | 我每顿饭后吃水果。 |
| 29 | 沙拉 | salad | shālā | 今天我做了新鲜沙拉。 |
| 30 | 汤 | soup | tāng | 汤非常烫。 |
| 31 | 酱汁 | sauce | jiàngzhī | 这酱汁很好吃。 |
| 32 | 煎 | fry | jiān | 我用黄油煎鸡蛋。 |
| 33 | 煮 | boil | zhǔ | 把水煮开泡茶。 |
| 34 | 烘焙 | bake | hōngbèi | 她每个星期天烘焙蛋糕。 |
| 35 | 烤 | grill | kǎo | 我们去外面烤蔬菜吧。 |
| 36 | 烘烤 | roast | hōngkǎo | 我用香草烘烤鸡肉。 |
| 37 | 搅拌 | stir | jiǎobàn | 请慢慢搅拌汤。 |
| 38 | 切碎 | chop | qiēsuì | 把洋葱切碎。 |
| 39 | 削皮 | peel | xiāopí | 做菜前先削皮。 |
| 40 | 切片 | slice | qiēpiàn | 请把面包切片。 |
| 41 | 混合 | mix | hùnhé | 把面粉和鸡蛋混合。 |
| 42 | 烤箱 | oven | kǎoxiāng | 蛋糕在烤箱里。 |
| 43 | 炉灶 | stove, cooker | lúzào | 锅在炉灶上。 |
| 44 | 平底锅 | frying pan, skillet | píngdǐguō | 用平底锅煎鸡蛋。 |
| 45 | 锅 | pot | guō | 在锅里加水。 |
| 46 | 刀 | knife | dāo | 小心用刀。 |
| 47 | 叉子 | fork | chāzi | 我需要一把叉子和一把刀。 |
| 48 | 勺子 | spoon | sháozi | 给我一个勺子喝汤。 |
| 49 | 盘子 | plate | pánzi | 把食物放在盘子里。 |
| 50 | 杯子 | cup | bēizi | 你要一杯茶吗? |
| 51 | 玻璃杯 | glass | bōlibēi | 把水倒进玻璃杯。 |
| 52 | 碗 | bowl | wǎn | 麦片在碗里。 |
| 53 | 餐巾纸 | napkin, serviette | cānjīnzhǐ | 从桌上拿一张餐巾纸。 |
| 54 | 微波炉 | microwave | wēibōlú | 用微波炉加热食物。 |
| 55 | 冰箱 | refrigerator, fridge | bīngxiāng | 把牛奶放进冰箱。 |
| 56 | 冷冻室 | freezer | lěngdòngshì | 冰淇淋在冷冻室里。 |
| 57 | 搅拌机 | blender | jiǎobànjī | 用搅拌机做奶昔。 |
| 58 | 烤面包机 | toaster | kǎomiànbāojī | 烤面包机在台面上。 |
| 59 | 水壶 | kettle | shuǐhú | 水壶在烧水了。 |
| 60 | 洗碗机 | dishwasher | xǐwǎnjī | 晚饭后我开洗碗机。 |
How to actually learn them
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Reading a list is not learning it. A word needs roughly eight to twelve spaced recall attempts before it stays, which is why the useful question is not how many words to read but how many times you need to meet a word and how to space the reviews.
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