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HSK 4 Vocabulary: 46 Words About Food and Health

HSK 4 Vocabulary · part 6 · 46 words 16:44 Mandarin audio · every word and sentence on screen with pinyin and English

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西红柿 xīhóngshì: tomato. Xiao Li was going to teach me to cook, so first we bought some tomatoes. 小李要教我做饭,我们先去超市买了几个西红柿。 Xiǎo Lǐ yào jiāo wǒ zuòfàn, wǒmen xiān qù chāoshì mǎi le jǐ ge xīhóngshì.
盐 yán: salt. There was no salt at home, so we bought a bag of it too. 家里没有盐了,所以我们也买了一包盐。 Jiā li méiyǒu yán le, suǒyǐ wǒmen yě mǎi le yì bāo yán.
食品 shípǐn: food (products). The supermarket has lots of food. 超市里的食品非常多。 Chāoshì li de shípǐn fēicháng duō.
饮料 yǐnliào: drink. I also bought a few bottles of drinks. 我还买了几瓶饮料。 Wǒ hái mǎi le jǐ píng yǐnliào.
巧克力 qiǎokèlì: chocolate. Xiao Li loves chocolate most of all. 小李最喜欢吃巧克力。 Xiǎo Lǐ zuì xǐhuan chī qiǎokèlì.
饼干 bǐnggān: biscuit. I bought myself some biscuits too. 我也给自己买了一些饼干。 Wǒ yě gěi zìjǐ mǎi le yìxiē bǐnggān.
饺子 jiǎozi: dumpling. At home, we made dumplings together. 回家以后,我们一起包饺子。 Huí jiā yǐhòu, wǒmen yìqǐ bāo jiǎozi.
汤 tāng: soup. Xiao Li also made a tomato and egg soup. 小李还做了一个西红柿鸡蛋汤。 Xiǎo Lǐ hái zuò le yí ge xīhóngshì jīdàn tāng.
味道 wèidao: taste, flavour. The soup tasted great. 汤的味道非常好。 Tāng de wèidao fēicháng hǎo.
香 xiāng: fragrant, smells good. The kitchen smelled wonderful. 厨房里很香。 Chúfáng li hěn xiāng.
咸 xián: salty. But the dumplings were a bit salty, because I put in too much salt. 但是饺子有点儿咸,因为我放了太多盐。 Dànshì jiǎozi yǒudiǎnr xián, yīnwèi wǒ fàng le tài duō yán.
酸 suān: sour. These tomatoes were a bit sour, too. 这些西红柿也有点儿酸。 Zhèxiē xīhóngshì yě yǒudiǎnr suān.
辣 là: spicy (hot). Xiao Li loves spicy food. 小李很喜欢吃辣的。 Xiǎo Lǐ hěn xǐhuan chī là de.
苦 kǔ: bitter. After the meal we drank tea; it was a bit bitter. 吃完饭我们喝了茶,茶有点儿苦。 Chī wán fàn wǒmen hē le chá, chá yǒudiǎnr kǔ.
顿 dùn: for meals. The next evening, I treated Xiao Li to a dinner at a restaurant. 第二天晚上,我请小李在饭店吃了一顿晚饭。 Dì-èr tiān wǎnshang, wǒ qǐng Xiǎo Lǐ zài fàndiàn chī le yí dùn wǎnfàn.
份 fèn: portion, serving. We ordered three portions of food. 我们要了三份菜。 Wǒmen yào le sān fèn cài.
够 gòu: enough. The waiter said: "Two portions are enough." 服务员说:“两份就够了。” Fúwùyuán shuō: "Liǎng fèn jiù gòu le."
剩 shèng: to be left over. In the end, a lot of food was still left over. 最后还是剩了很多菜。 Zuìhòu háishi shèng le hěn duō cài.
浪费 làngfèi: to waste. Xiao Li said: "Don't waste it." 小李说:“不要浪费。” Xiǎo Lǐ shuō: "Bú yào làngfèi."
节约 jiéyuē: to save, to economise. Not wasting things is a good habit. 节约是一个好习惯。 Jiéyuē shì yí ge hǎo xíguàn.
省 shěng: to save (money, time). That way you save money too. 这样也能省钱。 Zhèyàng yě néng shěng qián.
满 mǎn: full. We filled two boxes full with the food left over. 我们把剩下的菜放满了两个盒子。 Wǒmen bǎ shèngxià de cài fàng mǎn le liǎng ge hézi.
咳嗽 késou: to cough. That night, I started to cough. 那天晚上,我开始咳嗽。 Nà tiān wǎnshang, wǒ kāishǐ késou.
肚子 dùzi: belly, stomach. My stomach hurt badly too. 我的肚子也很疼。 Wǒ de dùzi yě hěn téng.
难受 nánshòu: feeling awful. I felt awful. 我觉得很难受。 Wǒ juéde hěn nánshòu.
受不了 shòu bu liǎo: can't stand. It hurt so much I couldn't stand it. 疼得我受不了。 Téng de wǒ shòu bu liǎo.
大夫 dàifu: doctor. The next day, the doctor said I'd eaten something bad. 第二天,大夫说我吃了不干净的东西。 Dì-èr tiān, dàifu shuō wǒ chī le bù gānjìng de dōngxi.
护士 hùshi: nurse. The hospital nurse was very friendly to me. 医院的护士对我很友好。 Yīyuàn de hùshi duì wǒ hěn yǒuhǎo.
打针 dǎzhēn: to give or have an injection. Then she gave me an injection. 然后她给我打针。 Ránhòu tā gěi wǒ dǎzhēn.
血 xuè: blood. She also took a little blood from my hand. 她还从我手上取了一点儿血。 Tā hái cóng wǒ shǒu shang qǔ le yìdiǎnr xuè.
指 zhǐ: to point at. The doctor pointed at my stomach and asked: "Does it hurt here?" 大夫指着我的肚子问:“这里疼吗?” Dàifu zhǐ zhe wǒ de dùzi wèn: "Zhèlǐ téng ma?"
嘴 zuǐ: mouth. When I was ill, I couldn't taste anything in my mouth. 我生病的时候,嘴里没有味道。 Wǒ shēngbìng de shíhou, zuǐ li méiyǒu wèidao.
汗 hàn: sweat. At night I sweated a lot. 晚上我出了很多汗。 Wǎnshang wǒ chū le hěn duō hàn.
皮肤 pífū: skin. The doctor said to drink lots of water; it's good for your skin too. 大夫说要多喝水,这对皮肤也好。 Dàifu shuō yào duō hē shuǐ, zhè duì pífū yě hǎo.
力气 lìqi: strength. Those few days I had no strength at all. 那几天我一点儿力气也没有。 Nà jǐ tiān wǒ yìdiǎnr lìqi yě méiyǒu.
减肥 jiǎnféi: to lose weight. I lost three kilos; Xiao Li joked: "You've lost weight!" 我瘦了三公斤,小李开玩笑说:“你减肥了!” Wǒ shòu le sān gōngjīn, Xiǎo Lǐ kāi wánxiào shuō: "Nǐ jiǎnféi le!"
抽烟 chōuyān: to smoke. At the hospital door I saw a man smoking. 我在医院门口看到一个人在抽烟。 Wǒ zài yīyuàn ménkǒu kàndào yí ge rén zài chōuyān.
禁止 jìnzhǐ: to forbid. But smoking is forbidden in the hospital. 但是医院里禁止抽烟。 Dànshì yīyuàn li jìnzhǐ chōuyān.
危险 wēixiǎn: dangerous. Smoking is dangerous for your body. 抽烟对身体很危险。 Chōuyān duì shēntǐ hěn wēixiǎn.
严重 yánzhòng: serious. Xiao Li said his dad used to have a serious cough. 小李说他爸爸以前咳嗽得很严重。 Xiǎo Lǐ shuō tā bàba yǐqián késou de hěn yánzhòng.
厉害 lìhai: severe; awesome. At night the cough was even worse. 晚上咳嗽得更厉害。 Wǎnshang késou de gèng lìhai.
正常 zhèngcháng: normal. The doctor said this wasn't normal. 大夫说这不正常。 Dàifu shuō zhè bú zhèngcháng.
停止 tíngzhǐ: to stop. The doctor told him to stop smoking at once. 大夫让他马上停止抽烟。 Dàifu ràng tā mǎshàng tíngzhǐ chōuyān.
坚持 jiānchí: to keep on, to persist. He kept going for three months without smoking. 他坚持了三个月没有抽烟。 Tā jiānchí le sān ge yuè méiyǒu chōuyān.
养成 yǎngchéng: to form (a habit). Now he has formed the habit of running every day. 现在他养成了每天跑步的习惯。 Xiànzài tā yǎngchéng le měi tiān pǎobù de xíguàn.
改变 gǎibiàn: to change. He has changed a lot. 他改变了很多。 Tā gǎibiàn le hěn duō.

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