A Bite of China

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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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让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
好吃 好吃 hǎo chī tasty; delicious Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
吃的 吃的 chī de (coll.) food Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
好不好 好不好 hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 1
奶奶 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts Colloquialism HSK 1
菜 菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
中国人 中國人 Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广州 廣州 Guǎng zhōu Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
陕北 陝北 Shǎn běi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
陕西 陝西 Shǎn xī Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
山西 山西 Shān xī Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
广东 廣東 Guǎng dōng Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
十一月 十一月 Shí yī yuè November; eleventh month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
十一 十一 Shí Yī PRC National Day (October 1st) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
水上 水上 Shuǐ shàng Shuishang Township in Chiayi County, west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
岭南 嶺南 Lǐng nán south of the five ranges; old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
五月 五月 Wǔ yuè May; fifth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
水里 水裡 Shuǐ lǐ Shuili Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
梅子 梅子 méi zi plum ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
年中 年中 nián zhōng within the year; in the middle of the year; mid-year ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
年来 年來 nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
十三 十三 shí sān thirteen; 13 ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
说唱 說唱 shuō chàng speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as and; (music) rapping ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
多山 多山 duō shān mountainous ∼HSK 1
上进 上進 shàng jìn to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards ∼HSK 1
汉子 漢子 hàn zi man; fellow; (dialect) husband ∼HSK 1