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Food & drink in Mandarin

72 words from the HSK 1–4 core vocabulary, each with pinyin, its meaning, an example sentence and audio.

• 杯 bēi cup
• 杯子 bēi zi cup
• 菜 cài vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
• 茶 chá tea
• 吃 chī to eat; to consume
• 吃饭 chī fàn to have a meal
• 饿 è hungry
• 饭 fàn cooked rice
• 饭店 fàn diàn restaurant
• 好吃 hǎo chī tasty; delicious
• 喝 hē to drink
• 鸡蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg
• 渴 kě thirsty
• 米饭 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice
• 面包 miàn bāo bread
• 牛奶 niú nǎi cow's milk
• 肉 ròu meat
• 水果 shuǐ guǒ fruit
• 晚饭 wǎn fàn evening meal
• 午饭 wǔ fàn lunch
• 早饭 zǎo fàn breakfast
• 饱 bǎo to eat till full
• 菜单 cài dān menu
• 蛋 dàn egg
• 饭馆 fàn guǎn restaurant
• 方便面 fāng biàn miàn instant noodles
• 干杯 gān bēi to drink a toast
• 加油 jiā yóu to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel
• 饺子 jiǎo zi dumpling
• 酒 jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine)
• 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop
• 快餐 kuài cān fast food
• 筷子 kuài zi chopsticks
• 米 mǐ uncooked rice
• 瓶 píng bottle
• 瓶子 píng zi bottle
• 请客 qǐng kè to give a dinner party
• 食物 shí wù food
• 外卖 wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal
• 晚餐 wǎn cān evening meal; dinner
• 碗 wǎn bowl
• 午餐 wǔ cān lunch
• 西餐 xī cān Western-style food
• 油 yóu oil
• 鱼 yú fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])
• 早餐 zǎo cān breakfast
• 中餐 zhōng cān lunch
• 做饭 zuò fàn to prepare a meal
• 果汁 guǒ zhī fruit juice
• 红茶 hóng chá black tea
• 红酒 hóng jiǔ red wine
• 咖啡 kā fēi (loanword) coffee
• 绿茶 lǜ chá green tea
• 奶茶 nǎi chá milk tea
• 啤酒 pí jiǔ beer (loanword)
• 苹果 píng guǒ apple
• 石油 shí yóu oil
• 世界杯 Shì jiè bēi World Cup
• 汤 tāng soup
• 糖 táng sugar
• 甜 tián sweet
• 香蕉 xiāng jiāo banana
• 茶叶 chá yè tea
• 豆腐 dòu fu tofu
• 果实 guǒ shí fruit (produced by a plant)
• 苦 kǔ bitter
• 零食 líng shí snack; nibbles
• 酸 suān sour
• 套餐 tào cān set meal
• 味儿 wèi r taste
• 西瓜 xī guā watermelon
• 小吃 xiǎo chī street food; snack