EP53 口味 Tastes of Chinese Food

 Chinese 101: Talk about flavors of Chinese food

 

Language Tips: Weirdest and Most Unique Chinese dishes

 

Story of The Day: Unselfish; Perfectly impartial 大公无私 dà gōng wú sī

 

 

Dialogue:

 

A：你喜欢吃中国菜吗？

 

nǐ xǐ huān chī zhōng guó cài ma ？

 

Do you like eating Chinese food?

 

B：喜欢！

 

xǐ huān ！

 

Yes I like!

 

A：你爱吃什么？

 

nǐ ài chī shén me ？

 

What food do you like? 

 

B：我爱吃糖醋排骨，酸甜可口。我也喜欢川菜，就是有点辣。

 

wǒ ài chī táng cù pái gǔ ，suān tián kě kǒu 。wǒ yě xǐ huān chuān cài ，jiù shì yǒu diǎn là .

 

I love spareribs in sweet-and-sour sauce, it tastes delicious. I also like Sichuan cuisine, the only thing is it’s a little bit spicy.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【喜欢】xǐ huān：like

 

【中国菜】zhōng guó cài：Chinese cuisine

 

【爱】ài：love

 

【糖】táng：sweet

 

【醋】cù：vinegar

 

【排骨】pái gǔ：spareribs

 

【酸】suān：sour

 

【甜】tián：sweet

 

【可口】kě kǒu：delicious

 

【川菜】chuān cài： Sichuan cuisine

 

【辣】là：spicy

 

Hosts: Liu Min & Sam Duckett

 

Programme Editor: Wang Xiaoyu

 

Producer: Lu Chang