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Food and drink 33

Meals, what's on the plate and in the glass, and how it tastes.

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Meals 6

  1. 饭 fàn food; a meal
  2. 吃饭 chī fàn to eat; to have a meal
  3. 早饭 zǎo fàn breakfast
  4. 午饭 wǔ fàn lunch
  5. 晚饭 wǎn fàn dinner
  6. 做饭 zuò fàn to cook

饭fàn飯fàn is a meal as well as food, so the meals are 早饭zǎo fàn早飯zǎo fàn, 午饭wǔ fàn午飯wǔ fàn and 晚饭wǎn fàn晚飯wǎn fàn: the early one, the noon one and the late one. 吃饭chī fàn吃飯chī fàn is to eat, whatever is on the table.

On the plate 9

  1. 米饭 mǐ fàn cooked rice
  2. 面条 miàn tiáo noodles
  3. 饺子 jiǎo zi dumplings
  4. 包子 bāo zi steamed bun
  5. 面包 miàn bāo bread
  6. 鸡蛋 jī dàn egg
  7. 肉 ròu meat
  8. 鱼 yú fish
  9. 菜 cài a dish; vegetables

菜cài is a dish, and vegetables too: 这个zhè ge菜cài很hěn好吃hǎo chī這個zhè ge菜cài很hěn好吃hǎo chī, this dish is good; 中国Zhōng guó菜cài中國Zhōng guó菜cài, Chinese food.

To drink 6

  1. 水 shuǐ water
  2. 茶 chá tea
  3. 咖啡 kā fēi coffee
  4. 牛奶 niú nǎi milk
  5. 果汁 guǒ zhī juice
  6. 啤酒 pí jiǔ beer

Drinks take 喝hē, not 吃chī: 喝hē水shuǐ, 喝茶hē chá. And a drink that tastes good is 好喝hǎo hē, not 好吃hǎo chī.

Fruit 5

  1. 水果 shuǐ guǒ fruit
  2. 苹果 píng guǒ apple
  3. 香蕉 xiāng jiāo banana
  4. 西瓜 xī guā watermelon
  5. 葡萄 pú tao grapes

西瓜xī guā is the "western melon", come from the west long ago.

How it tastes 7

  1. 好吃 hǎo chī tasty (to eat)
  2. 好喝 hǎo hē tasty (to drink)
  3. 甜 tián sweet
  4. 辣 là hot; spicy
  5. 饿 è hungry
  6. 渴 kě thirsty
  7. 饱 bǎo full (having eaten)

饿è餓è and 渴kě are before a meal: 我wǒ饿è了le我wǒ餓è了le, I'm hungry. 饱bǎo飽bǎo is after: 我wǒ吃饱chī bǎo了le我wǒ吃飽chī bǎo了le, I'm full.