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Food and Color Words in Chinese

Posted on July 18, 2022October 2, 2022 by tiffany

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Before we look up the food and color words in Chinese, let me explain one word first. “Bǐnggān” in Chinese Mandarin, can be translated into the cookie, biscuit, potato chips, cracker, and wafer.
The original meaning of “Bǐng” is something shaped like a cake and usually made with flour or rice flour. “Gān” means dry. So any snack that matches that description we all call “Bǐnggān.” Umm…potato chip is an exception….

Food Words in Chinese

SimplifyChinaTraditionalTaiwanEnglishKoreanJapanese
米mǐ米mǐUncooked rice쌀米
盐yán鹽yánSalt소금塩
糖táng糖tángSugar설탕シュガー
油yóu油yóuOil기름油
牛排niúpái牛排niúpáiSteak스테이크ステーキ
青菜qīngcài青菜qīngcàiGreen vegetable채소青野菜
三明治sānmíngzhì三明治sānmíngzhìSandwich샌드위치サンドイッチ
汉堡包hànbǎobāo漢堡hànbǎoHamburger햄버거ハンバーガー
西瓜xīguā西瓜xīguāWatermelon수박西瓜
方便面fāngbiànmiàn泡麵pàomiànInstant noodles라면インスタントラーメン
点心diǎnxīn點心diǎnxīnSnack간식スナック
冰激凌bīngjīlíng冰淇淋bīngqílínIce cream아이스크림アイスクリーム
饼干bǐnggān餅乾bǐnggānCookie과자クッキー
啤酒píjiǔ啤酒píjiǔBeer맥주ビール
绿茶lǜchá綠茶lǜcháGreen tea녹차緑茶
红茶hóngchá紅茶hóngcháBlack tea홍차紅茶

Examples

牛排請幫我做成5分熟
牛排请帮我做成5分熟
Niúpái qǐng bāng wǒ zuòchéng 5 fēn shóu.
Niúpái qǐng bāng wǒ zuòchéng 5 fēn shú.
Steak, please make it medium rare for me.

夏天的晚上喝一罐啤酒最享受了
夏天的晚上喝一罐啤酒最享受了
Xiàtiān de wǎnshàng hē yíguàn píjiǔ zuì xiǎngshòule
Drinking a can of beer in the summer evening is the most enjoyable.

Color Words in Chinese

SimplifyChinaTraditionalTaiwanEnglishKoreanJapanese
蓝色lánsè藍色lánsèBlue파란색青
绿色lǜsè綠色lǜsèGreen초록색緑
红色hóngsè紅色hóngsèRed빨간색赤
黑色hēisè黑色hēisèBlack까만색黒
黄色huángsè黃色huángsèYellow노란색黄色
白色báisè白色báisèWhite하얀색白
粉红色fěnhóngsè粉紅色fěnhóngsèPink분홍색ピンク

F.Y.I

Do you know what is 小粉紅 (Little Pink)?

It means Chinese internet nationalists or patriots. I thought they call themselves Little Pink because of the color of China’s national flag, but I looked up Wikipedia it says this term Little Pink originated on the website Jinjiang Literature City when a group of users kept strongly criticizing people who published posts containing negative news about China. Within Jinjiang Literature City, this group became known as the “Jinjiang Girl Group Concerned for the Country”, or the Little Pink, which is the main color of the website’s front page.

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