You already know two words. Can you construct a brand-new sentence from them?
I wantquiero
coffeecafé
So how would you say “I want coffee.”?
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Mandarin food vocabulary: notes and examples
Order food in Mandarin — rice, noodles, chicken, tea, water, delicious — with pinyin and tone marks.
Worked examples from the course
Food
Key pieces: 菜单 · 我不吃肉 · 买单
菜单(càidān) — menu
米饭(mǐfàn) — rice
鸡肉(jīròu) — chicken
To say “I want the menu” in Mandarin: 我要菜单(wǒ yào càidān). Built from 我要 = I want; 菜单 = menu.
'Eat' is 吃 chī, 'meat' is 肉 ròu. So 'I don't eat meat' = 我不吃肉.
To say “I don't eat meat” in Mandarin: 我不吃肉(wǒ bù chī ròu). Built from 不 bù = not; 吃 chī = eat; 肉 ròu = meat.
'Delicious' is 好吃 hǎochī — literally 'good-to-eat'. Add 很 hěn for 'very'.
To say “Very delicious” in Mandarin: 很好吃(hěn hǎochī). Built from 很 hěn = very; 好吃 = delicious.
To get the bill, just say 买单 mǎidān ('check, please').
To say “The bill, please” in Mandarin: 买单(mǎidān). Built from 买 = buy / settle; 单 = the slip / bill.
Weather & small talk
Key pieces: 天气 · 热/冷 · 下雨
天气 tiānqì = weather. 热 rè hot, 冷 lěng cold.
To say “It's very hot today” in Mandarin: 今天很热(jīntiān hěn rè). Built from 今天 = today; 很 = very; 热 = hot.
To say “It's a bit cold” in Mandarin: 有点冷(yǒudiǎn lěng). Built from 有点 = a bit; 冷 = cold.
'To rain' is 下雨 xiàyǔ. Add 了 for 'it's (started) raining'.
To say “It's raining” in Mandarin: 下雨了(xiàyǔ le). Built from 下雨 = rain; 了 = (now).
'What's it like?' is 怎么样 zěnmeyàng — great for small talk.
To say “How's the weather today?” in Mandarin: 今天天气怎么样？(jīntiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng). Built from 今天 = today; 天气 = weather; 怎么样 = how / what's it like.
Good-to-eat, good-to-look-at — 好
Key pieces: 好看 · 好听 · 开心
Back in Lesson 4 you met 好吃 hǎochī = delicious — literally good-to-eat. That wasn't a one-off. Mandarin glues 好 onto almost any verb: good-to-VERB.
看(kàn) — look / watch
听(tīng) — listen
喝(hē) — drink
To say “Very pretty” in Mandarin: 很好看(hěn hǎokàn). Built from 很 hěn = very; 好看 = pretty.
Feelings work the same way. 开 kāi = open, 心 xīn = heart. What state is an open heart?
To say “I'm very happy” in Mandarin: 我很开心(wǒ hěn kāixīn). Built from 我 = I; 很 = very; 开心 = happy.
Weather — 天气
Key pieces: 下雨 · 空调 · 雨伞
You've known 天 tiān = sky/day since 今天 and 明天. Add 气 qì = air, and you get the word for weather — 'sky air'.
Rain and snow aren't verbs in Mandarin — they come down. 下 xià = down, 雨 yǔ = rain, 雪 xuě = snow.
Now 空 kōng = empty. Empty + air…
To say “The weather is very good today” in Mandarin: 今天天气很好(jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo). Built from 今天 = today; 天气 = weather; 很好 = very good.
To say “Will it rain tomorrow?” in Mandarin: 明天下雨吗？(míngtiān xiàyǔ ma). Built from 明天 = tomorrow; 下雨 = rain; 吗 = ?.
To say “Is there air conditioning?” in Mandarin: 有空调吗？(yǒu kōngtiáo ma). Built from 有 = is there; 空调 = air conditioning; 吗 = ?.
Written by the LanguagePath editorial team from our own course material. Pronunciation guides are approximate English respellings; tap any phrase in the app above to hear it. Native-speaker review of every course is ongoing — tell us if you spot an error.
Food
Mandarin food vocabulary
The words you'll need to order and comment on food.
Build it:我要一杯茶 (wǒ yào yì bēi chá) = I want one cup of tea.
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