Simple Chinese: Menu

Poultry

English	Chinese	Audio
chicken	ji1
sliced cold chicken	bai2 zhan3 ji1 white slaughter chicken
beggar's chicken	jiao4-hua1 ji1 beggar chicken
crispy deep-fried chicken	xiang1 su1 ji1 fragrant crispy chicken
diced chicken with hot peppers	gong1 bao3 ji1 ding1 palace defence chicken cubes
chicken with orange peel	chen2 pi2 ji1 dried orange-peel chicken
duck	ya1/ya1 zi
steamed salted duck	xian2 shui3 ya1 salted water duck
Peking Roast duck	bei3-jing1 kao3 ya1 north-capital roast duck
Nanking steamed duck cutlets	nan2-jing1 ban3 ya1 south-capital press duck

Seafood

English	Chinese	Audio
fish	yu2
fish with hot been sauce	dou4 ban4 yu2 bean fragments fish
stir-fried sliced fish	chao3 yu2 pian4 stir-fry fish slices
crispy-skin fish	cui4 pi2 yu2 crispy skin fish
fish braised in soy sauce	hong2 shao1 yu2 red cook fish
sweet-and-sour fish	tang2 cu4 yu2 sugar vinegar fish
shrimp	xia1
deep-fried shrimp balls	zha2 xia1 qiu2 deep-fry shrimp balls
shrimp with cashew nuts	yao1 guo3 xia1 ren2 waist nut shrimp kernel
sautéed lobsters	you2 men4 long2 xia1 oil sauté dragon shrimp
shrimp with egg white	fu2-rong2 xia1 ren2 lotus shrimp kernel

Vegetables

English	Chinese	Audio
cabbage	bai2 cai4 white vegetable
cauliflower	hua1 cai4 flower vegetable
tomato	xi1 hong2 shi4 west red persimmon
cucumber	huang2 gua1 yellow gourd
eggplant	qie2 zi
celery	qin2 cai4 celery vegetable
onion	yang2 cong1 western onion
potato	tu3 dou4 soil tuber
spinach	bo1 cai4 spinach vegetable
bitter gourd	ku3 gua1 bitter gourd
wax gourd	dong1 gua1 winter gourd

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