“狗不理”包子是非常有名的天津小吃。
“狗不理”包子十分好吃，不论是大人还是小孩都喜欢吃，很多外国人也很喜欢。
可是这么好吃的包子为什么要取这样一个名字呢？
这其中还有个小故事呢。
一百多年前，有个叫高贵友的人。
他的父亲希望他可以健康长大，就给他取了一个小名“狗子”。
14岁的时候，高贵友到天津的一家饭馆学习做包子，因为努力，他做包子的手艺进步地很快。
三年后，他自己开了一家包子店，叫“德聚号”。
由于高贵友手艺好，做事又十分认真，所以生意非常好。
来吃他包子的人越来越多，高贵友忙得顾不上跟顾客说话。
吃包子的人都说他“狗子卖包子，不理人”，说得多了，人们就直接叫他“狗不理”了，把他做的包子称作“狗不理包子”。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 狗不理 | gǒu bù lǐ | Goubuli, a famous Tianjin-style steamed bun brand/restaurant; by extension, the bun itself. |
| 包子 | bāo zi | baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun) |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous / well-known |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 天津 | Tiān jīn | Tianjin municipality |
| 小吃 | xiǎo chī | street food; snack |
| 十分 | shí fēn | very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 不论 | bù lùn | whatever / no matter what (who, how etc) / regardless of |
| 大人 | dà ren | adult / grownup / title of respect toward superiors |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 外国人 | wài guó rén | foreigner |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 这么 | zhè me | so much / this much / how much? |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 取 | qǔ | to choose |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 还有 | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 故事 | gù shi | narrative; story; tale |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 高贵友 | Gāo Guì yǒu | a personal name, Gao Guiyou |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 父亲 | fù qīn | father |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | healthy |
| 长大 | zhǎng dà | to grow up |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 小名 | xiǎo míng | pet name for a child / childhood name |
| 狗子 | gǒu zi | (coll.) dog |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 到 | dào | to leave for; to go to |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive |
| 手艺 | shǒu yì | craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade |
| 进步 | jìn bù | to improve; to progress |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive) |
| 店 | diàn | (bound form) shop; store |
| 德聚号 | Dé jù Hào | a baozi shop name; literally “Virtue Gathering Shop” |
| 由于 | yóu yú | due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 事 | shì | work |
| 又 | yòu | (used for emphasis) anyway |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 生意 | shēng yi | business |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 忙 | máng | busy |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 顾不上 | gù bu shàng | cannot attend to or manage |
| 跟 | gēn | with / compared with / to / towards |
| 顾客 | gù kè | customer; client |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 卖 | mài | to sell |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 理 | lǐ | to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | direct / immediate / straightforward |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 称作 | chēng zuò | to be called; to be known as |