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Vocabulary In Chinese--005: New Words About Eating For Your Travel In China--02

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Hi friends, last weekend I introduced some useful Chinese words to do with travel. Today the new words are about eating out while in China and I hope you find the new vocabulary helpful when you visit China.

NEW WORDS:

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: restaurant -- fandian
蕕薤鐚restaurant/ eatery -- canguan
鐚dining hall -- canting
鐚dinging car -- canche
蕕罅鐚dining table -- canzhuo
蕕綏鐚napkin / table napkin -- canjin

鐚tableware -- canju
莪臂 / : spoon
: chopsticks -- kuaizi
: knife -- caidao
/ 鐚 folk -- chazi

鐚menu -- caidan
鐚order dishes -- diancai

鐚eat / have a meal -- chifan
/ 鐚 to have breakfast -- chi zaofan
/ 鐚 to have lunch -- chi wufan
/ 鐚 to have dinner/supper -- chi wanfan

/ -- zaocan/zaofan -- breakfast
/ -- wucan/wufan -- lunch
/ -- wancan/wanfan -- supper/dinner

]鐚have Chinese food -- chi zhongcan
鐚have Western food -- chi xican

-- zhongcan -- Chinese meal, Chinese food
-- xican -- Western-style food

: dessert -- can hou tian dian
羞羞鐚ice cream -- bingqilin

REVIEW SOME WORDS FROM LAST UNIT:

-- niupai-- beefsteak
-- zhufan -- pork chop
-- faigu -- chop

-- yu -- fish
-- rou -- meat
-- dan -- egg

-- shucai -- vegetable

羂贋 -- shuiguo -- fruit
-- pingguo -- apple
-- li -- pear
-- xiangjiao -- banana
-- putao -- grape
-- xigua -- watermelon
-- cantaloup
-- hamigua -- Hami melon
/ -- juzi / chengzi-- orange
-- ningmeng -- lemon
-- taozi -- peach
-- lizi -- plum

-- shipin -- foodstuff
()藝 / ()藝膕 -- maipian -- oatmeal
-- mianbao -- bread
-- sanmingchi -- sandwich
-- niunai -- milk

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn, or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are also welcome to publish your opinions in Forum For Friends. :-)   
--Shirley
Written, Translated and Recorded It On Sat, May 27, 2006