🍚 Food Vocabulary in Chinese

Essential words for talking about food

Chinese food vocabulary

Vocabulary

米饭 mǐfàn rice
面条 miàntiáo noodles
饺子 jiǎozi dumplings
tāng soup
chá tea

Example Sentences

我想吃饺子。

Wǒ xiǎng chī jiǎozi. — I want to eat dumplings.

请给我一杯茶。

Qǐng gěi wǒ yì bēi chá. — Please give me a cup of tea.

这个面条很好吃。

Zhège miàntiáo hěn hǎochī. — These noodles are delicious.

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