Restaurant Survival
This set of words will help you navigate ordering food in China with words for fruits and vegetables, meats, popular dishes, flavors, drinks, as well as common sayings you'll need at a restaurant. Many of the words are recombined to make up the majority of what you might see on any given menu in China.
Created by jacob.s, Nov. 20, 2011
369 learners
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| 852436 | rooff | roof | 宀 | no pronunciation | None |
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| 852440 | slopee | slope | 厂 | chang3 | None |
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| 3795 | child | child | 子 | zi3 | noun; particle |
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| 3761 | side-heart | heart (squished to the side) | 忄 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 14304 | archers-thimble | archer's thimble | 夬 | guai4 | noun; adjt |
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| 14783 | fast-2 | fast | 快 | kuai4 | adjt; advb |
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| 14093 | bamboo | bamboo | 竹 | zhu2 | noun |
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| 14915 | chopsticks | chopsticks | 筷 | kuai1; kuai4 | noun |
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| 15763 | chopsticks-2 | chopsticks | 筷子 | kuai4 zi5 | noun |
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| 14998 | fork | fork | 叉 | cha1 | noun; verb |
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| 3748 | wrap | wrap | 勹 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 14019 | spoon | spoon | 勺 | shao2 | noun |
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| 14138 | dish | dish | 皿 | min3 | noun; radical |
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| 14441 | boat | boat | 舟 | zhou1 | noun |
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| 14914 | dish-2 | plate | 盘 | pan2 | noun |
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| 3769 | grass | grass | 艹 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 465074 | tree-26 | tree | 木 | mu4 | noun |
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| 3745 | man | man | 人 | ren2 | noun |
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| 14364 | tea | tea | 茶 | cha2 | noun |
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| 3797 | small | small | 小 | xiao3 | adjt; name |
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| 3778 | mouth | mouth | 口 | kou3 | noun; mw |
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| 14074 | fish-hook | fish hook | 乙 | yi3 | noun; heavenly |
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| 14345 | to-beg | to beg | 乞 | qi3 | verb |
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| 14346 | to-eat | to eat | 吃 | chi1 | verb |
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| 17570 | snack | snack | 小吃 | xiao3 chi1 | noun |
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| 13029 | field | field | 田 | tian2 | noun |
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| 13383 | fruit | fruit | 果 | guo3 | noun |
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| 14476 | water-2 | water | 水 | shui3 | noun |
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| 15567 | fruit-2 | fruit | 水果 | shui3 guo3 | noun |
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| 3801 | dry | dry | 干 | gan1 | adjt; slang |
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| 13394 | to-weigh | to weigh | 平 | ping2 | noun; verb; adjt; phonetic |
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| 13422 | apple | apple | 苹 | ping2 | noun |
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| 15401 | apple-2 | apple | 苹果 | ping2 guo3 | noun |
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| 14092 | dove | dove | 隹 | zhui1 | noun |
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| 13995 | fire | fire | 火 | huo3 | noun |
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| 13996 | four-dots-fire | four dots fire | 灬 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 295430 | banana-6 | banana | 蕉 | jiao1 | noun |
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| 14060 | grain | grain | 禾 | he2 | noun |
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| 14059 | say | to say | 曰 | yue1 | verb |
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| 14069 | fragrant | fragrant | 香 | xiang1 | adj |
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| 15856 | banana | banana | 香蕉 | xiang1 jiao1 | noun |
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| 3759 | three-dots-water | three dots water | 氵 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 14612 | few | few | 少 | shao3 | adjt; verb |
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| 24399 | sand | sand | 沙 | sha1 | noun; phonetic |
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| 14222 | side-hand | hand (squished to the side) | 扌 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 14045 | stand | to stand | 立 | li4 | verb; advb |
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| 16170 | to-pull | to pull | 拉 | la1 | verb |
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| 521351 | salad-9 | salad | 沙拉 | sha1 la1 | noun |
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| 14058 | small-claws | small claws | 爫 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 14065 | to-pick | to pick | 采 | cai3 | noun plur; verb |
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| 14676 | vegetable | vegetable | 菜 | cai4 | noun |
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| 13989 | sun | sun | 日 | ri4 | noun; adjt; country |
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| 14011 | white | white | 白 | bai2 | adjt; name; phonetic |
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| 567690 | chinese-cabbage-3 | Chinese cabbage | 白菜 | bai2 cai4 | noun |
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| 38458 | melon | melon | 瓜 | gua1 | noun |
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| 14305 | collectively | collectively | 共 | gong4 | noun; verb; adjt; advb |
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| 14206 | from | from | 由 | you2 | prep |
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| 3747 | eight | eight | 八 | ba1 | noun; num |
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| 3730 | one | one | 一 | yi1 | noun; num |
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| 14464 | yellow | yellow | 黄 | huang2 | noun; name |
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| 16934 | cucumber | cucumber | 黄瓜 | huang2 gua1 | noun |
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| 14141 | west | west | 西 | xi1 | noun; country phonetic |
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| 3767 | work | work | 工 | gong1 | noun |
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| 14075 | side-silk | silk (squished to the side) | 纟 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 14460 | red | red | 红 | hong2 | adjt; noun |
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| 3735 | lid | lid | 亠 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 183547 | turban-or-scarf | cloth | 巾 | jin1 | noun |
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| 14294 | market | market | 市 | shi4 | noun |
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| 160636 | persimmon-3 | persimmon | 柿 | shi4 | noun |
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| 16362 | tomato | tomato | 西红柿 | xi1 hong2 shi4 | noun |
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| 560192 | mushroom-12 | mushroom | 菇 | gu1 | noun |
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| 716572 | mushroom-15 | mushroom | 香菇 | xiang1 gu1 | None |
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| 13399 | flask | flask | 豆 | dou4 | noun |
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| 3768 | earth | earth | 土 | tu3 | noun; country |
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| 14950 | potato | potato | 土豆 | tu3 dou4 | noun |
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| 14475 | cow | cow | 牛 | niu2 | noun |
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| 14009 | glass-jar | glass jar | 冂 | no pronunciation | radical |
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| 201243 | meat-17 | meat | 肉 | rou4 | noun |
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| 14790 | beef | beef | 牛肉 | niu2 rou4 | noun |
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| 3791 | side-dog | small dog | 犭 | no pronunciation | None |
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| 14172 | er | person who does | 者 | zhe3 | noun |
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| 14181 | pig | pig | 猪 | zhu1 | noun |
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| 14795 | pork | pork | 猪肉 | zhu1 rou4 | noun |
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| 14611 | sheep | sheep | 羊 | yang2 | noun; name |
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| 215521 | yangrou-mutton | mutton | 羊肉 | yang2 rou4 | noun |
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| 13993 | toe | toe | 止 | zhi3 | verb; noun |
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| 13998 | bolt | bolt (of fabric) | 疋 | pi3 | noun |
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| 14672 | bug | bug | 虫 | chong2 | noun |
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| 14689 | egg-2 | egg | 蛋 | dan4 | noun |
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| 212013 | niao-bird | bird | 鸟 | niao3 | noun |
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| 260952 | ji-chicken | chicken | 鸡 | ji1 | noun |
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| 14803 | egg-3 | chicken egg | 鸡蛋 | ji1 dan4 | noun |
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| 3785 | follow | to follow | 夂 | zhi3 | radical |
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| 14678 | twig | twig | 条 | tiao2 | noun; mw |
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| 14142 | beard | beard | 而 | er2 | noun; prep |
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| 14548 | face | face | 面 | mian4 | noun; verb |
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| 14968 | noodle | noodles | 面条 | mian4 tiao2 | noun |
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| 185647 | garlic-3 | garlic | 蒜 | suan4 | noun |
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| 13476 | rice | rice | 米 | mi3 | noun; phonetic |
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| 14000 | verdant-2 | green | 青 | qing1 | adjt |
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