Unit 13: Do You Like to Eat Chinese Food?

Part I: Listen and Learn

1. 

W# sh= Zh!nggu@ r6n, x-hu1n ch9 Zh!nggu@ c4i.
I am a Chinese. I like to eat Chinese food.
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Zh!nggu@ c4i h7n h3o ch9.
Chinese food is very delicious.
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W# x-hu1n ch9 r$u 
I like to eat meat.
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Ni^r$u, zh%r$u, j9, y1, w# d!u x-hu1n.
Beef, pork, chicken, duck, I like them all.
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K7sh= w# b^ t4i x-hu1n ch9 y^ h6 xi1.
But I don't like to eat fish and shrimp very much.
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W# m7iti1n ch9 h7n du! sh%c4i.
I eat a lot of vegetables every day.
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Sh%c4i l- y#u g8 zh#ng w6ish5ngs*, du= sh5nt- y#u h3och*.
Vegetables have various types of vitamins, they are good to health.
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2. 

W# sh= M7i gu@ r6n, y7 h7n x-hu1n ch9 Zh!nggu@ c4i.
I am an American. I also very much like to eat Chinese food.
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Y9nw8i Zh!nggu@ c4i h7n h3och9, b^ t4i y@un=, h7n yo& y0ngy3ng.
Because Chinese food is very delicious, not very greasy, very nutritious.
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W# t8bi6 x-hu1n ch9 S=chu1n c4i, y9nw8i S=chu1n c4i b-ji4o l4.
I particularly like to eat Sichuan food, because Sichuan food is fairly spicy.
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B^gu$, w# y7 ch2ngch2ng ch9 x9c4i.
Nevertheless, I also often eat western food.
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H4nb3ob1o, b-s4b-ng, w# d!u x-hu1n.
Hamburger, pizza, I like them all.
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W@ m7iti1n h5 ni^n3i, y9nw8i ni^n3i h7n y#u y0ngy2ng, du= sh5nt- y@u h3och*.
I drink milk very day, because milk is very nutritious, it is good to health.
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3. 

A: L- xi1nsheng, n- x-hu1n b* x-hu1n ch9 M7igu@ c4i?
A: Mr. Li, do you like to eat American food?
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B: H2i k7y-. H4nb3ob1o, b-s4b-ng, w# d!u ch9.
B: It's OK. I eat hamburger and  pizza.
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A: N- ch9 de gu4n ma?
A: Are your used to eating them?
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B: K1ish- ch9 bu gu4n, xi4nz4i x0gu4n le.
B: At the beginning, I was not. I am used to it now.
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A: N- p0ngch2ng ch9 Zh!nggu@ c4i h2ish= M7igu@ c4i?
A: Do you usually eat Chinese food or American food?
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B: W# y=b1n ch9 Zh!nggu@ c4i. W# z=j- zu$. Y#ude sh0h$u d4o w4imi4n ch9 y=di3r 
     M7igu@ c4i.
B: I usually eat Chinese food. I cook by myself. Sometimes (I) go outside to eat some 
    American food.
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A: N- hu= zu$ c4i? T4i h3o le! N- y0d=ng zu$ de h7n h3o.
A: You can cook? That's terrific! You must cook very well.
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B: N2l-, b*x0ng. Y#ude sh0h$u zu$de c4i t4i xi2n, y$ude sh0h$u t4i d4n.
B: No, not that good. Sometime the food I cooked is too salty, sometimes too tasteless.
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4. 

A: John, n- ch9 gu$ Zh!nggu@ c4i m6iy#u?
A: John, did you eat Chinese food?
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B: Ch9 gu$. Zh5n h3o ch9.
B: I did. Really very delicious.
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A: N- x-hu1n ch9 sh6nme? Y^ h2ish= r$u?
A: What do you like to eat? Fish or meat?
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B: W# x-hu1 ch9 j9, y9nw8i j9 b-ji4o n8n, b^ t4i y@u. D3ng*ch^n y7 b* g1o.
B: I like to eat chicken, because chicken is tender, not very greasy. Cholesterol is not high.
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A: Sh=de. N- x-hu1n ch9 sh6nme c4i, S=chu1n c4i h2ish= Gu3ngd!ng c4i?
A: Yes. What dish do you like to eat, Sichuan food or Guangdong food?
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B: W# b-ji4o x-hu1n ch9 S=chu1n c4i, b-jia$ l4.
B: I fairly like to eat Sichuan food. It is fairly spicy.
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A: N- zu= x-hu1n sh6nme c4i?
A: What dish do you like best?
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B: W# zu= x-hu1n g!ngb3o j9.
B: I like Kong Pao chicken best.
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A: N- ch2ngch2ng q* ch9 Zh!nggu@ c4i ma?
A: Do you often go to eat Chinese food?
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B: W# g5n t4itai m7i x9ngq9 q* ch9 y0c= Zh!nggu@ c4i. W#men ji1 f*j=n j=u y#u y0ge 
    Zh!nggu@ c1ngu3n.
B: I go to eat Chinese food once evert week with my wife. There is a Chinese restaurant 
    near our home.
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A: B^cu$. Xi4c= w# q-ng k8. Q-ng n- g5n n- t4itai y=q- q* ch9.
A: Not bad. Next time it is my treat. I would like you and your wife to go to eat together.
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B: B* h3o y=si. Du!xi8 le.
B: Thank you so much.
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5. 

More useful words related to food and taste:

ti2nde
sweet
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su1nde
sour
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f4n
rice
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b2if4n
steamed rice
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ch3of4n
stir-fried rice
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noodle
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d$uji1ng
soy milk
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t1ng
soup
´ö

su1nlà t1ng
hot and sour soup
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g1lí jï
curry chicken
©@­ùÂû	B7ij9ng y1
Beijing duck
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ti2nsu1n r$u
sweet and sour pork
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q9ngji1o ni^r$u
beef with green peppers
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g!ngb3o xiã
Kong Pao shrimp
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Part II: Utterances and Notes

	'c4i' literally means 'dish, vegetable'. 'Zh!nggu@ c4i' means 'Chinese food, Chinese dish'. The actual meaning depends on the context. For example, 'n- x-hu1n ch9 sh6nme c4i' may mean 'what kind of food, what nationality's cusine do you like?' or 'what specific dish do you like?'

	'h3o ch9' literally means 'good to eat'. Many adjectives in Chinese are formed in this way. 'h3o k4n' means 'good to look, beautiful'. The opposite is 'b* h3o ch9' and 'b* h3o k4n'.

	'l-' in 'sh%c4i l- y#u g8 zh#ng w5ish5ngs*' is a preposition like English 'in'. This sentence literally can be traslated as 'In vegetable there are various types of vitamins.'

	'y@un=' or 'y@u' means 'greasy, oily'

	Nutritious is an adjective in English, but in Chinese the same idea should be expressed by a combination of a verb and a noun 'y#u y0ngy3ng' [to have nutrition]. You can't say 'h7n y0ngy3ng.'

	'l4 is an adjective. It means 'hot and spicy' It is used as a verb without 'sh='. When you want to use it as an adjective, you should add 'DE'. For example, you can say the following:

Zh8 ge c4i h7n l4.
Zh8 ge c4i sh= l4de.
Zh8 sh= l4DE c4i.
You can't say:
*Zh8 ge c4i sh= h7n l4.
*Zh8 ge c4i sh= l4.
*Zh8 sh= l4 c4i.

	Pay attention to 'H4nb3ob1o, b-s4b-ng, w# d!u x-hu1n'. This is the only way to say that you like them all. You can't say: 'W# d!u x-hu1n h4nb3ob1o, b-s4b-ng.'

	'ch9 DE gu4n' or 'ch9 BU gu4n' mean 'to be or not to be used to eating...'

	'z=j-' means 'self': w# z=j-, n- z=j-, t1 z=j-, w#men z=j-, n-men z=j-, t1men z=j-.

	'zu$de c4i' means 'the dish cooked'. In English, modifying clauses are attached to the left of a noun, while in Chinese they are attached to the right of a noun with an additional DE attached to the verb. Here are some more examples:
'w# m3ide sh%' 		the book I bought
't1 xi7de z=' 		the words he wrote

	'n- ch9 gu$ Zh!nggu@ c4i m6iy#u?' is another question form. This question can be formed in several ways:

N- ch9 gu$ Zh!nggu@ c4i MA?	
N- y#u m6y#u ch9 gu$ Zh!ngg^o c4n?
N- ch9 gu$ Zh!nggu@ c4i m6iy#u.

They are equally good questions.

	'q-ng k8' literally means 'invite a guest'. That implies that speaker will pay for anything he/she offers.

	'B* h3o y=si' has not equivalent expression in English. Chinese people do not accept offers directly. Usually they will reject for the first time. Or they say 'b* h3o y=si' to accept it. It literally can be traslated as 'I am really embarrassed...'

Part III: New Sentence Modules

N-
1. What cusine do you like (to eat the best)? I like to eat ... (the best), because ..
zu=
t8bi6

 x-hu1n (ch9) sh6nme (c4i)?

Zh!nggu@ c4i
S=chu1n c4i
Gu3ngd!ng c4i
Sh4ngh3i c4i
M7igu@ c4i

j9
r$u
y1
sh%c4i

x-hu1n (ch9) 
W#

zu=
t8bi6

, y9nw8i

h6n h3o ch9
y#u y0ngy3ng
b-ji4o l4
b-ji4o d4n
b^ t4i xi2n
b^ t4i y@un=
h7n n8n
d3ng*ch^n b* g1o
du= sh5nt- y@u h3och*
(l-) y#u g8zh#ng w6ish5ngs*

Zh!nggu@ c4i
S=chu1n c4i
Gu3ngd!ng c4i
Sh4ngh3i c4i
M7igu@ c4i

j9
r$u
y1
sh%c4i

2. Is ... delicious?

            ... h3och9 bu h3och9?
h6n
f5ich2ng
zh5n
b*
y=di3r d!u b*

h3och9

3.  Did you eat ...? Yes, I ate.... No, I didn't eat...

Zh!nggu@ c4i 
M7igu@ c4i
S=chu1n c4i
Gu3ngd!ng c4i
h4nb3ob1o
b-s4b-ng

N- ch9gu$ 
m6iyou?
ma?

ch9gu$
m6iyou ch9gu$

Zh!nggu@ c4i 
M7igu@ c4i
S=chu1n c4i
Gu3ngd!ng c4i
h4nb3ob1o
b-s4b-ng

W#

4. Do you usually eat ... or ...? 
M7igu@ c4i
Zh!nggu@ c4i
Gu3ngd!ng c4i
b-s4b-ng
Nî
h2ishì

p0ngch2ng
y=b1n
Zh!nggu@ c4i
M7igu@ c4i
Sh4ngh3i c4i
h4nb3ob1o

ch9

Zh!nggu@ c4i
M7igu@ c4i
Sh4ngh3i c4i
h4nb3ob1o

p0ngch2ng
y=b1n
ch2ngch2ng
b* ch2ng

ch9

W#

5. Do you often go to eat ...?
m7iti1n d!u
m7i x9ngq9 d!u
ch2ngch2ng

N-
q* ch9 Zh!nggu@ c4i ma?

B* ch2ng q* ch9
ch2ngch2ng q* ch9
y0ge x9ngq9 q* ch9 y0 c=
y0ge yu8 q* ch9 y0 c=

Zh!nggu@ c4i

6. Can you cook Chinese food? 

     N- hu= bu hu= zu$ Zh!nggu@ c4i?

hu=
b^ hu=
b^ t4i hu=

W#

zu$ Zh!nggu@ c4i

7. What can you cook?

     N- hu=  zu$ sh6nme c4i?

g!ngb3o j9
q9ngji1o ni^
ti2nsu1n r$u
B7ij9ng y1

W# hu= zu$

8. Do you cook well? I cook well... The food I cook is ...

    N- Zh!nggu@ c4i zu$ DE h3o bu h3o? 
h6n h3o ch9
b^ t4i h3o ch9
y@ude sh0hou t4i d4n
y@ude sh0hou t4i xi2n

h6n h3o
b^ t4i h3o
b* h3o
m2mah%h%

W# zu$ DE c4i 

W# zu$ DE 

Part IV: Practice Makes Perfect

Tell the following expressions in Chinese:

Chinese food, Western food, Sichuan food, Guangdong food
delicious, sweet, spicy, sour, salty, tasteless, greasy (oily), tender
pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, fish, vegetables, hamburger, pizza, milk
nutritious, good to health, cholesterol is not high, to have various types of vitamins
to be used to, to be used to eating, got used to
to be able to cook, to cook well
once a week, once a month, once a year, twice a week

How to say the following sentences in Chinese?

I like Chinese food, because it is very delicious.
I like Chinese food, nevertheless I also like western food.
I drink milk every day, because it is very nutritious.
I drink milk, nevertheless I also drink soy bean milk.
I fairly like to eat Sichuan dish.
I like to eat Sichuan dish the best.

Answer the following questions in Chinese: 

N- y=b1n ch9 sh6nme c4i, Zh!nggu@ c4i h2ish= M7igu@ c4i?
N- ch9 gu$ Zh!nggu@ c4i m6iy#u?
Zh!nggu@ c4i h3och9 bu h3och9?
N- x-hu1n ch9 S=chu1n c4i ma?
N- x-hu1n bu x-hu1n Gu3ngd!ng c4i?
S=chu1n c4i l4 bu l4?
N- x-hu1n ch9 l4de ma?
N- m7iti1n h5 ni^n3i ma?
N- w8ish6nme [why] m7iti1n h5 ni^n3i? 
N- ch2ngch2ng q* ch9 Zh!nggu@ c4i ma?
Zh!nggu@ c4i n- ch9 de gu4n ma?
N- hu= bu hu= zu$ c4i?
N- hu= zu$ sh6nme c4i?

What are you supposed to say in the following situation:

You want to invite your friend to a dinner.
You are invited to a dinner. Do you say 'thank you'immediately'?
Somebody is complimenting on your good cooking.
Tell three reasons explaining why you like to eat chicken.
Explain why you drink milk.

Try to say the following paragraph in Chinese. 

I am American. I like to eat American food, nevertheless I also like to eat Chinese food very much, because Chinese food is very delicious. I particularly like Sichuan food, because it is very spicy. I like spicy food. But my wife doesn't like spicy food. She likes to eat sweet. We often go to Chinese restaurants to eat Chinese food. There is a Chinese restaurant near our home. We go there once a month. But our daughters don't like Chinese food. They are not used to eating Chinese food. They say that Chinese food is too oily, not nutritious. They like to eat American food. They particularly like to eat pizza and hamburger.