中国人喜欢吃,特别是在重要的节日里,有两样东西很多人都会吃,那就是饺子和汤圆。
饺子饺子是一种很常见的中国食物。
它的样子像一个小元宝,外面是面粉做的皮,里面包着各种好吃的馅。
馅可以是肉和菜,比如猪肉白菜、羊肉大葱,也可以是鸡蛋和韭菜。
饺子的做法有很多种。
可以煮着吃,叫水饺;
可以放在锅里蒸,叫蒸饺;
也可以放在油里煎,叫煎饺。
做好的饺子又热又香。
很多人喜欢蘸醋和辣椒油吃,味道更好。
在中国北方,过年的时候家家户户都要吃饺子。
一家人坐在一起,一边聊天一边包饺子,很热闹。
有的人还会在饺子里放一枚硬币,谁吃到了,就代表新的一年会有好运气。
汤圆汤圆是另一种很有名的中国食物。
它又白又圆,外面是糯米做的,又软又黏,里面包着甜的馅。
最常见的馅是黑芝麻、花生和豆沙。
在南方,有的地方也吃咸汤圆,里面的馅是肉做的。
吃汤圆的时候,用勺子连汤一起盛到碗里。
咬一口,馅流出来,又软又香。
汤圆不但可以煮着吃,还可以炸着吃,炸过的汤圆外面脆脆的,里面还是软的。
在中国南方,元宵节的时候,人们一定要吃汤圆。
“圆”代表团圆,一家人在一起吃汤圆,意思是全家团团圆圆,生活甜甜蜜蜜。
不管是饺子还是汤圆,都代表中国人对美好生活的期望。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 节日 | jié rì | holiday / festival |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 样 | yàng | manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 饺子 | jiǎo zi | dumpling / pot-sticker |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 汤圆 | tāng yuán | boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 常见 | cháng jiàn | commonly seen / common |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 它的 | tā de | its; belonging to it |
| 样子 | yàng zi | appearance / manner / pattern / model |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 元宝 | yuán bǎo | a silver or gold ingot / a name for ancient currency |
| 外面 | wài miàn | surface / exterior / external appearance |
| 面粉 | miàn fěn | flour |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce |
| 皮 | pí | skin; peel; rind; outer layer / leather; hide; fur / cover; wrapping; outer covering / pico- (10⁻¹²) |
| 里面 | lǐ miàn | inside / interior |
| 包 | bāo | to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / to hold or embrace |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 馅 | xiàn | filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc) |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 肉 | ròu | meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) |
| 菜 | cài | vegetable; greens |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 猪肉 | zhū ròu | pork |
| 白菜 | bái cài | Chinese cabbage |
| 羊肉 | yáng ròu | mutton / goat meat |
| 大葱 | dà cōng | leek / Chinese onion |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 鸡蛋 | jī dàn | (chicken) egg / hen's egg |
| 韭菜 | jiǔ cài | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives |
| 做法 | zuò fǎ | way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice |
| 煮 | zhǔ | to cook / to boil |
| 叫 | jiào | to order / to ask |
| 水饺 | shuǐ jiǎo | boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 锅 | guō | pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing |
| 蒸 | zhēng | to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam |
| 蒸饺 | zhēng jiǎo | steamed dumpling |
| 油 | yóu | oil / fat / grease / petroleum |
| 煎 | jiān | to pan fry / to sauté |
| 煎饺 | jiān jiǎo | fried dumpling |
| 好 | hǎo | (verb complement indicating completion) |
| 又 | yòu | both... and... |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 香 | xiāng | fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (of sleep) sound |
| 蘸 | zhàn | to dip in (ink, sauce etc) |
| 醋 | cù | vinegar |
| 辣椒 | là jiāo | hot pepper / chili |
| 味道 | wèi dào | flavor; taste |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 北方 | běi fāng | north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River |
| 过年 | guò nián | to celebrate the Chinese New Year |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 家家户户 | jiā jiā hù hù | each and every family (idiom) / every household |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 一家人 | yī jiā rén | the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 一边 | yī biān | on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while |
| 聊天 | liáo tiān | to chat; to gossip |
| 热闹 | rè nao | bustling with noise and excitement / lively |
| 有的 | yǒu de | (there are) some (who are...) / some (exist) |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 枚 | méi | classifier for small objects / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items |
| 硬币 | yìng bì | coin |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 代表 | dài biǎo | to represent / to stand for |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 运气 | yùn qi | luck (good or bad) |
| 另 | lìng | other / another / separate |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous / well-known |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 白 | bái | white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / reactionary / anti-communist |
| 圆 | yuán | round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / tactful |
| 糯米 | nuò mǐ | glutinous rice |
| 软 | ruǎn | soft / flexible |
| 黏 | nián | sticky; glutinous |
| 甜 | tián | sweet |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 黑 | hēi | black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal |
| 芝麻 | zhī ma | sesame (seed) |
| 花生 | huā shēng | peanut |
| 豆沙 | dòu shā | sweetened bean paste |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 咸 | xián | salted / salty / stingy / miserly |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 勺子 | sháo zi | spoon; ladle |
| 连 | lián | continuously / in succession / including / even |
| 汤 | tāng | soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled |
| 盛 | chéng | to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil |
| 碗 | wǎn | bowl / cup |
| 咬 | yǎo | to bite / to nip |
| 口 | kǒu | classifier for things with mouths / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 流 | liú | to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile |
| 出来 | chu lai | (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) |
| 不但 | bù dàn | not only (... but also ...) |
| 炸 | zhá | to deep fry / (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable) |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 脆脆 | cuì cuì | crispy |
| 元宵节 | Yuán xiāo jié | Lantern Festival |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 团圆 | tuán yuán | to have a reunion |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 团团圆圆 | tuán tuán yuán yuán | happily reunited / complete and together as a family |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 甜甜蜜蜜 | tián tián mì mì | sweet and happy / loving and harmonious |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | regardless of / no matter |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 美好 | měi hǎo | beautiful / fine |
| 期望 | qī wàng | expectation / hope |