你可能经常听中国人介绍自己是南方人或者北方人，在生活中，中国的南方和北方有不少不同。
比如，南方人大多数喜欢吃甜的东西，所以豆腐脑在南方是甜的，西红柿炒蛋也会放一点糖，但是这两种吃的东西在北方都是咸的。
但有意思的是，吃粽子的时候，南方人喜欢吃咸粽子，北方人却喜欢有枣子加糖的甜粽子。
如果你到中国来，一定要试一试南方和北方不同的味道。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 介绍 | jiè shào | to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 北方 | běi fāng | north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different / distinct / not the same / not alike |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 大多数 | dà duō shù | (great) majority |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 甜 | tián | sweet |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 豆腐脑 | dòu fu nǎo | jellied tofu / soft bean curd |
| 西红柿 | xī hóng shì | tomato |
| 炒 | chǎo | to sauté; to stir-fry / to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp / to hype up / to sack; to fire (sb) |
| 蛋 | dàn | egg / oval-shaped thing |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 点 | diǎn | classifier for small amounts |
| 糖 | táng | sugar |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 咸 | xián | salted / salty / stingy / miserly |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì si | interesting / meaningful / enjoyable / fun |
| 粽子 | zòng zi | glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 枣子 | zǎo zi | dates / jujube |
| 加 | jiā | to add / to increase; to augment |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 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) |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 试 | shì | to test / to try |
| 味道 | wèi dào | flavor; taste |