If you’ve ever ✈️traveled to Asia as someone that doesn’t eat meat? or only eat some meat?, you know that it can sometimes be difficult finding places that don’t serve you something with animal in it?. In this lesson Gloria takes you through vocabularies to explain your preference on dish in China??.

荤菜 hūn cài ?

荤菜 is including meats?, fish?, milk and egg?. When we talk about meat, we just need to add animals’ name to “肉ròu “. It is quite easy to remember it.

1. 鸡 jī ?

As an old saying goes, “无鸡不成宴” it will be not a feast if there is no chicken on the table. Chicken is essential for Chinese.

? 母鸡 (mǔ jī) Hen

? 公鸡 (gōng jī) Rooster

⚫️ 鸡肉 (jī ròu) Chicken

? 鸡胸肉 (jī xiōng ròu) Chicken Breast

? 鸡腿 (jī tuǐ) Drum Stick

⚫️ 鸡蛋 (jī dàn) Egg

2. 鸭 yā ?

? 鸭子 (yā zǐ) Duck

? 鸭肉 (yā ròu) Duck meat

3. 鹅 é ?

? 鹅肉 (é ròu) goose

? 天鹅 (tiān é) swan

4. 猪 zhū ?

? 猪肉 (zhū ròu)pork

? 排骨 (pái gǔ) rib

5. 牛 niú ?

? 牛肉 (niú ròu) beef

? 牛奶 (niú nǎi) milk ?

6. 羊 yáng ?

? 羊肉(yáng ròu) mutton

? 山羊(shān yáng) goat

7. 鱼 yú ?

? 鱼肉(yú ròu) fish

? 小鱼 (xiǎo yú) small fish

8. 虾 xiā ?

? 小虾 (xiǎo xiā) small shrimp?

? 虾肉 (xiā ròu) shrimp

9. 蟹 xiè ?

? 螃蟹 (páng xiè) crab

? 蟹柳 (xiè liǔ) crab stick

素菜 sù cài ??? ?

? 素食主义者 (sù shí zhǔ yì zhě ) vegetarian ? ?

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When your friend serves some meat to you, you could thank them and tell them that you are a vegetarian in this way:

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xiè xiè , wǒ bù chī ròu ,wǒ zhī chī sù cài

谢谢, 我不吃肉,我只吃素菜。

Bon appétit!?