Do you want to make authentic Chinese food but have trouble reading Chinese recipes? In this lesson we learn some words and classifiers which often appear in recipes, to start our journey on becoming Chinese food experts!<\/p>\n
We will learn how to cook a simple Chinese dish called \u897f\u7ea2\u67ff\u7092\u9e21\u86cb [x\u012b h\u00f3ng sh\u00ec ch\u01ceo j\u012b d\u00e0n] \uff08stir-fried tomato eggs\uff09. Let\u2019s start out by having a look at the \u83dc\u8c31\u7b80\u4ecb [c\u00e0i p\u01d4 ji\u01cen ji\u00e8] \uff08recipe summary\uff09.<\/p>\n\n\n
This a commonly used pattern, roughly equivalent to the construction \u201cnot only … but also …\u201d in English.<\/p>\n\n\n
OK, let’s return to the recipe. In order to cook, we have to prepare \u6750\u6599 [c\u00e1i li\u00e0o] \uff08ingredients\uff09. <\/p>\n\n\n
We saw a lot of different classifiers in the above example. Let’s have a look at how they are used.<\/p>\n
\u4e2a [ge]\u2014 before nouns without special measure words of their own<\/p>\n
\u6839 [g\u0113n]\u2014 for long, thin objects<\/p>\n
\u514b [k\u00e8]\u2014 gram(g.), \u5343\u514b [qi\u0101n k\u00e8] \u2014 kilogram(kg.)<\/p>\n
\u6beb\u5347 [h\u00e1o sh\u0113ng] \u2014 milliliter(ml.), \u5347 [sh\u0113ng] \u2014 litre(l.)<\/p>\n
Seasoning is an important aspect of cooking, so let’s have a look at how to say some of the most common types of seasoning in Chinese.<\/p>\n
Now the ingredients are ready and you can start cooking. Let’s learn some verbs that will come in handy.<\/p>\n
Having learned these words, we can finally take a look at this recipe’s \u505a\u6cd5 [zu\u00f2 f\u01ce] \uff08instructions\uff09 !<\/p>\n\n\n