Quakebum Posted April 23, 2011 at 01:34 AM Report Posted April 23, 2011 at 01:34 AM Does anyone have a list or website for chinese food vocab? I'm living in China the next couple of months and I'd like to read the menu. FYI, I'm looking for a list of food instead of dishes. Quote
jbradfor Posted April 23, 2011 at 01:41 AM Report Posted April 23, 2011 at 01:41 AM This site has a "glossary", if that help? [Why are you looking for food instead of dishes? Menus typically list dishes....] 1 Quote
New Members ming Posted April 23, 2011 at 02:05 AM New Members Report Posted April 23, 2011 at 02:05 AM Hope this could help you.香妃鸡(Steamed chicken with saltedsauce) 糖醋鸡块（Chicken in sweet and sour sauce） 三杯鸡翼（Chicken wings in three cups sauce） 赛海蜇拌火鸭丝（Shredded roast deck with wnow fungus) 镬仔叉烧(Roast pork in wok) 菜薳滑肉片(Sliced pork with vegetable shoots) 中式午餐(Chinese Lunch) abalone鲍鱼 hot pot火锅 roast duck烤鸭 sea cucumber海参 cashew chicken腰果鸡丁 shark fin soup鱼翅汤 grouper石斑鱼 rice wine米酒 sautéed prawns炸明虾 steamed rice饭 celery芹菜 crab蟹 fish balls鱼丸 lobster龙虾 shrimp虾子 roast suckling pig烤乳猪 Chinese mushroom香菇 hair vegetable发菜 lotus root莲藕 scallop干贝 sweet and sour pork糖醋排骨 carrot胡萝卜 almond junket杏仁豆腐 jellyfish海蜇 barbecued pork buns叉烧包 mustard芥末 bean vermicelli粉丝 chilli sauce辣酱 oyster sauce蚝油 won ton云吞/馄饨 shrimp omelet虾仁炒蛋 red bean dessert红豆汤 Chinese ham中国火腿 steamed open dumplings烧卖 Chinese sausage腊肠 1000 year old egg皮蛋 glutinous rice糯米 spring rolls春卷 sweet soup balls汤圆 stuffed dumplings饺子 spare ribs排骨 1 Quote
Quakebum Posted April 23, 2011 at 05:10 AM Author Report Posted April 23, 2011 at 05:10 AM I guess I'm looking for a list of foods (tripe, beef, & etc) + adjectives (spicy,sweet, & etc) + how it's cooked (steamed, fried, & etc) I know most of it orally, but I can't read it from a menu. Quote
New Members ming Posted April 23, 2011 at 05:59 AM New Members Report Posted April 23, 2011 at 05:59 AM Meat 肉 beef 牛肉 veal 小牛肉 lamb 羊肉 sirloin 牛脊肉 steak 牛排 chop 连骨肉,排骨 pork 猪肉 ham 火腿 bacon 咸肉 sausage 香肠 chicken 鸡 turkey 火鸡 duck 鸭 fish 鱼 chips 炸薯条,炸土豆片 mashed potatoes 马铃薯泥 pasta 面条 noodles 面条,挂面 macaroni 通心粉 consommé 肉煮的清汤 broth 肉汤 milk 牛奶 cheese 奶酪 butter 奶油 bread 面包 egg 鸡蛋 boiled eggs 水煮蛋 fried eggs 煎蛋 poached eggs 荷包蛋 scrambled eggs 炒鸡蛋,摊鸡蛋 omelet 煎蛋卷 pastry 糕点 sponge cake 奶油鸡蛋,蜂糕 tart 果焰糕点 Vegetables Potato 马铃薯 Carrot 红萝卜 Onion 洋葱 Aborigine 茄子 Celery 芹菜 White Cabbage 包心菜 Red cabbage 紫色包心菜 Cucumber 大黄瓜 Tomato 蕃茄 Radish 小红萝卜 Mole 白萝卜 Watercress 西洋菜 Baby corn 玉米尖 Sweet corn 玉米 Cauliflower 白花菜 Spring onions 葱 Garlic 大蒜 Ginger 姜 Chinese leaves 大白菜 Leeks 大葱 Mustard & cress 芥菜苗 Green Pepper 青椒 Red pepper 红椒 Yellow pepper 黄椒 Mushroom 洋菇 Broccoli florets 绿花菜 Curettes 绿皮南瓜 Coriander 香菜 Dwarf Bean 四季豆 Flat Beans 长形平豆 Iceberg 透明包心菜 Lettuce 莴苣菜 Swede or Turnip 芜菁 Okra 秋葵 Chilies 辣椒 Eddoes 小芋头 Taro 大芋头 Sweet potato 蕃薯 Spinach 菠菜 Beans rots 绿豆芽 Peas 碗豆 Method of Cooking 煮boiling 煲/炖stewing 烧/焖/烩braising 煎frying 炒stir-frying 爆quick-frying 炸deep-frying 扒frying and simmering 煸sauteing 煨simmering 熏smoking 烤roasting/barbecuing 烘baking 蒸steaming 白灼scalding 3 Quote
abcdefg Posted April 23, 2011 at 08:11 AM Report Posted April 23, 2011 at 08:11 AM This site has a "glossary", if that help? Very nice glossary. Thanks. Quote
Quakebum Posted April 23, 2011 at 09:02 AM Author Report Posted April 23, 2011 at 09:02 AM Wow, that is a nice list, the site wouldn't load, but loads on my VPN. Thanks. Quote
Hugh Posted April 23, 2011 at 06:25 PM Report Posted April 23, 2011 at 06:25 PM Skritter (skritter.com) has some good food / menu lists as well, and makes it easy to study them. Quote
liuzhou Posted April 24, 2011 at 08:28 AM Report Posted April 24, 2011 at 08:28 AM It very much depends where you are. i spend most of my time (and earn most of my beer and noodle money) by translating menus. I'm sure I could find a better job. The same dish can have hundreds of different names in different locations. Same with ingredients. I spent my first years in China in Xi'an, cracked most of the local menu language, then moved to Hunan and could hardly manage to get a boiled egg. After a couple of years there and learning how to get the dinner I wanted, I moved to Guangxi and had to learn all over again. I have remained in Guangxi ever since. The main problems are 1) the same dish may have different names in different places - even neighbouring cities - even neighbouring restaurants. 2) the Chinese name of any one dish may in fact refer to totally different dishes, depending on location or the restaurant's usage. 3) Restaurant menus often just contain mistakes. 4) Dishes are often given fanciful, supposedly poetic names which few people understand. Chinese speakers have to ask what they are. My favourite is the local (one restaurant) dish 外婆飘香骨,which literally translates as "Maternal grandmother's fluttering fragrant bones" - not something I want to eat. In fact it is Sichuan style chilli pepper laden pork ribs - which are delicious. I've never found anyone who knows what it means (apart from the restaurant boss). Even the wait staff had no idea. Before the Beijing Olympics, out blessed guardians provided a very long list of "official translations" of dishes. Everyone I have shown it to here has been largely baffled. For what it's worth it's here. 1 Quote
imron Posted April 24, 2011 at 01:25 PM Report Posted April 24, 2011 at 01:25 PM Wow - 28 pages of translated menu items!! Quote
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