A Bite of China

Episode review

The Story Of Staple Foods

S1E2 · 主食的故事 zhǔshí de gùshì

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4.57 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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和面 和麵 huó miàn to knead dough ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as ∼HSK 2
过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday ∼HSK 2
天刚亮 天剛亮 tiān gāng liàng daybreak ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
油亮 油亮 yóu liàng glossy; shiny ∼HSK 2
红油 紅油 hóng yóu chili oil ∼HSK 2
红萝卜 紅蘿蔔 hóng luó bo carrot; red radish ∼HSK 2
黄绿 黃綠 huáng lǜ yellow-green ∼HSK 2
对生 對生 duì shēng (botany) opposite leaf arrangement; paired leaf arrangement ∼HSK 2
糯米 糯米 nuò mǐ glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa) ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
奥 奧 Ào mysterious, obscure, profound ∼HSK 2
器 器 qì receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
某种 某種 mǒu zhǒng some kind (of) ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
到此 到此 dào cǐ hereto; hereunto ∼HSK 2
又称 又稱 yòu chēng also known as ∼HSK 2
鸡排 雞排 jī pái chicken breast; chicken cutlet ∼HSK 2
小名 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child; childhood name ∼HSK 2
春节 春節 Chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) HSK 2
饭馆 飯館 fàn guǎn restaurant HSK 2
过年 過年 guò nián to celebrate the Chinese New Year HSK 2
饺子 餃子 jiǎo zi dumpling; pot-sticker HSK 2
羊肉 羊肉 yáng ròu mutton; goat meat HSK 2
请客 請客 qǐng kè to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
打交道 打交道 dǎ jiāo dào to come into contact with; to have dealings ∼HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
西北 西北 Xī běi Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) HSK 2
这时候 這時候 zhè shíhòu At this moment HSK 2
北方 北方 běi fāng north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
全家 全家 quán jiā whole family HSK 2
春天 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) HSK 2
不但 不但 bù dàn not only (... but also ...) HSK 2
凉 涼 Liáng the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) HSK 2
特点 特點 tè diǎn characteristic (feature); trait; feature HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
大小 大小 dà xiǎo dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority HSK 2
大大 大大 dà dà greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle HSK 2
重视 重視 zhòng shì to attach importance to sth; to value HSK 2
节日 節日 jié rì holiday; festival HSK 2
温度 溫度 wēn dù temperature HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
冬天 冬天 dōng tiān winter HSK 2