day 112lids and pots
unit 17 · cooking & eatinglids and pots
Talk about pots, lids, vegetarian food and late-night snacks, and say “in progress” with verb + 中.
today’s words
- 素食 sùshí · vegetarian food
- 遞 dì · pass, hand (over)
- 斷 duàn · break, snap
- 扶 fú · support (with the hand)
- 隔 gé · be apart; after (an interval)
- 油膩 yóunì · greasy, oily
- 開動 kāidòng · start eating; set off
- 蓋子 gàizi · lid, cover
- 鍋子 guōzi · pot, wok
- 蝦子 xiāzi · prawn, shrimp
- 宵夜 xiāoyè · late-night snack
- 味精 wèijīng · MSG (monosodium glutamate)
- 蜂蜜 fēngmì · honey
- 罐頭 guàntou · tinned food, can
- 瓜子 guāzǐ · (melon or sunflower) seeds
- 黏 nián · sticky; stick
- 買單 mǎidān · pay the bill
- 熬 áo · simmer, stew; endure
sentences
- 這件事還在討論中。 · This is still under discussion.
- 晚餐準備中，請大家等一下。 · Dinner is on its way: please bear with us.
- 湯熬了三個小時，看樣子還沒好。 · The soup’s been simmering for three hours, and it looks like it still isn’t ready.
- 鍋子的蓋子在哪裡？ · Where’s the lid for the pot?
- 宵夜我請，我來買單！ · The late-night snack is on me: I’ll pay!