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Food & drink

Meals, drinks, and restaurant basics.

Food vocabulary becomes useful only with measures and order frames like 要/来. Rehearse your usual drink order as a chunk.

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Hanzi	Pinyin	English	Note
吃	chī	to eat	Say chī with a full tone contour, then reuse it in a new sentence.
喝	hē	to drink	Say hē with a full tone contour, then reuse it in a new sentence.
水	shuǐ	water	Say shuǐ with a full tone contour, then reuse it in a new sentence.
茶	chá	tea	Say chá with a full tone contour, then reuse it in a new sentence.
咖啡	kāfēi	coffee	Learn “咖啡” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
米饭	mǐfàn	rice (cooked)	Learn “米饭” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
面条	miàntiáo	noodles	Learn “面条” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
包子	bāozi	steamed bun	Learn “包子” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
饺子	jiǎozi	dumplings	Learn “饺子” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
菜	cài	dish / vegetable	Say cài with a full tone contour, then reuse it in a new sentence.
肉	ròu	meat	Say ròu with a full tone contour, then reuse it in a new sentence.
鱼	yú	fish	Say yú with a full tone contour, then reuse it in a new sentence.
鸡蛋	jīdàn	egg	Learn “鸡蛋” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
水果	shuǐguǒ	fruit	Learn “水果” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
苹果	píngguǒ	apple	Learn “苹果” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
好吃	hǎochī	delicious	Learn “好吃” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
饿	è	hungry	Say è with a full tone contour, then reuse it in a new sentence.
渴	kě	thirsty	Say kě with a full tone contour, then reuse it in a new sentence.
菜单	càidān	menu	Learn “菜单” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.
买单	mǎidān	pay the bill	Learn “买单” as one chunk; keep tones on each syllable clear.