Chinese Characters: food & drink

Learned in Dōng Lǎoshī's Intro Mandarin class

Categories: numbers, people, time, food

Parts of speech: verbs, adjectives/adverbs, interrogatives/demonstratives, particles/suffixes/expressions

Additional pages: characters grouped containing similar radicals; HTML entities for pinyin

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chi chi chī to eat
chifanchifan chifanchifan chīfàn to eat (a meal)
dan dan dàn egg
gao gao gāo cake (of any kind)
dangaodangao dangaodangao dàngāo cake
ka1fe1ika1fe1i ka1fe1ika1fe1i kāfēi coffee
putaoputao putaoputao pútao grape
jiu jiu jiǔ wine, liquor
ping ping píng bottle
ya ya duck
kao kao kǎo to bake; roast duck = kǎoyā
mian mian miàn noodles
kelekele kelekele kělè coke
pijiupijiu pijiupijiu píjiǔ beer
niunainuinai niunainiunai niúnǎi milk
hanbaohanbao hanbaohanbao hànbǎo hamburger
regouregou regouregou règǒu hot dog
mianbaomianbao mianbaomianbao miànbāo bread
zhongcanzhongcan zhongcanzhongcan zhōngcān Chinese food
xicanxican xicanxican xīcān Western food
cha cha chá tea
mifanmifan mifanmifan mǐfàn rice (cooked)
pingguopingguo pingguopingguo píngguǒ apple
xiangjiaoxiangjiao xiangjiaoxiangjiao xiāngjiāo banana
dou dou dòu bean