Learn Mandarin through the food people cook and enjoy at home in China. Discover useful food vocabulary, pinyin, and everyday phrases you can use when ordering a meal or talking about a dish you love.
Want to order your favorite Chinese dishes with confidence? Start with this home-style classic. Learn the name of the dish, pick up useful ingredient words, and practice simple phrases for describing food or asking for a recommendation.
One dish, useful words, real-life Chinese.
Learn the Chinese words for beef and bean sprouts, discover how to describe tender meat and crisp vegetables, and practice useful Mandarin phrases for ordering dishes and asking for recommendations at a Chinese restaurant.
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Love Thai flavors? Learn Mandarin through a plate of Thai-style seafood fried rice. Discover the Chinese words for shrimp, squid, rice, and lime, along with useful expressions for describing bold flavors and ordering food.
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Three useful expressions to learn Mandarin through Thai-style seafood fried rice.
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