Vocabulary
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| 河西走廊 河西走廊 | Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road | Proper Noun |
| 庆州 慶州 | Qingzhou, ancient northern province; Gyeongju City, South Korea | Proper Noun |
| 云龙县 雲龍縣 | Yunlong county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan | Proper Noun |
| 中江 中江 | Zhongjiang county in Deyang, Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 黄河流域 黃河流域 | the Yellow River basin | Proper Noun |
| 维吾尔族 維吾爾族 | Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 古尔邦节 古爾邦節 | Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar | Proper Noun |
| 维吾尔 維吾爾 | Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 江源 江源 | Jiangyuan district in Baishan city 白山市, Jilin | Proper Noun |
| 秦岭 秦嶺 | Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain and the Han River valley | Proper Noun |
| 回族 回族 | Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China | Proper Noun |
| 屈原 屈原 | Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 | Proper Noun |
| 宁明 寧明 | Ningming county in Chongzuo, Guangxi | Proper Noun |
| 寿县 壽縣 | Shou County or Shouxian, a county in Huainan, Anhui | Proper Noun |
| 刘安 劉安 | Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the | Proper Noun |
| 忽必烈 忽必烈 | Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294 | Proper Noun |
| 酒神 酒神 | Bacchus (the Greek god of wine), aka Dionysus | Proper Noun |
| 西乡 西鄉 | Xixiang County in Hanzhong, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 中餐馆 中餐館 | Chinese restaurant | Proper Noun |
| 中式 中式 | Chinese style | Proper Noun |
| 沙市 沙市 | Shashi district of Jingzhou city, Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 杨斌 楊斌 | Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman | Proper Noun |
| 壮族 壯族 | Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group | Proper Noun |
| 鱼池 魚池 | Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 微信 微信 | Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯) | |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 松茸 松茸 | matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan | |
| 鸭 鴨 | duck; Anas species (various) | |
| 鲜味 鮮味 | umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery) | |
| 厨 廚 | kitchen; closet; cupboard | |
| 邓 鄧 | surname | |
| 婆婆 婆婆 | husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma | |
| 酸菜 酸菜 | pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage | |
| 骨 骨 | bone; skeleton; frame, framework | |
| 竹 竹 | bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118 | |
| 桑 桑 | mulberry tree; surname | |
| 微生物 微生物 | microorganism | |
| 仓 倉 | granary; berth; sea | |
| 吃法 吃法 | way of eating; how something is eaten; how a dish is prepared; the way a dish is to be cooked | |
| 放入 放入 | to put in; to insert | |
| 泰 泰 | great, exalted, superior; big | |
| 五味 五味 | the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸; all kinds of flavors | |
| 安徽省 安徽省 | Anhui Province, capital Hefei | |
| 仙 仙 | immortal | |
| 宁 寧 | calm, peaceful, serene; healthy | |
| 尾 尾 | tail, extremity; end, stern | |
| 武 武 | military; martial, warlike | |
| 庄 莊 | village, hamlet; villa, manor | |
| 自家 自家 | oneself; one's own family | |
| 鸿 鴻 | species of wild swan; vast |