day 42flavours and feasts
unit 6 · food and cookingflavours and feasts
Describe how food tastes and feels (fresh, rich, tender, crispy, greasy, fishy), talk about meals from a quick bite to a banquet, and tease a greedy friend with 你看你.
today’s words
- 菜肴 càiyáo · dishes, cuisine (formal)
- 佳肴 jiāyáo · delicacies, fine dishes
- 盛宴 shèngyàn · grand banquet, feast
- 丰盛 fēngshèng · sumptuous, lavish (meal)
- 便饭 biànfàn · simple meal, potluck
- 伙食 huǒshí · meals, food (at a canteen or school)
- 膳食 shànshí · diet, meals (formal)
- 夜宵 yèxiāo · late-night snack
- 野餐 yěcān · picnic
- 就餐 jiùcān · to dine, have a meal (formal)
- 酒楼 jiǔlóu · restaurant (large, traditional)
- 卤味 lǔwèi · food braised in soy and spices
- 麻辣 málà · numbing and spicy
- 鲜美 xiānměi · delicious, savoury (fresh taste)
- 醇厚 chúnhòu · rich, mellow (taste)
- 浓郁 nóngyù · strong, rich (smell, atmosphere)
- 滋味 zīwèi · taste, flavour; how it feels
- 风味 fēngwèi · local flavour, special taste
- 正宗 zhèngzōng · authentic, genuine
- 油腻 yóunì · greasy, oily
- 腥 xīng · fishy (smell, taste)
- 嫩 nèn · tender; delicate, young
- 酥 sū · crispy, flaky; limp (limbs)
- 热腾腾 rèténgténg · steaming hot
- 素食 sùshí · vegetarian food
- 素 sù · vegetarian; plain
- 荤 hūn · meat or fish (dishes)
- 分量 fènliàng · portion, amount; weight (importance)
- 馋 chán · greedy (for food); to crave
- 贪吃 tānchī · greedy, gluttonous
- 嚼 jiáo · to chew
- 咀嚼 jǔjué · to chew; to mull over
- 啃 kěn · to gnaw, nibble
- 咽 yàn · to swallow
- 蘸 zhàn · to dip (in sauce)
- 界 jiè · (suffix) world, circles, field
sentences
- 这家酒楼的菜肴在美食界很有名。 · This restaurant’s dishes are famous in the food world.
- 下次来我家吃个便饭吧。 · Next time, come round to mine for a simple meal.
- 麻辣火锅的香味特别浓郁。 · Numbing-spicy hot pot has a really rich smell.
- 鱼很新鲜，一点儿也不腥。 · The fish is really fresh: it doesn’t smell fishy at all.
- 你看你，吃得满嘴都是油！ · Look at you: your mouth is covered in grease!