"dishes" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 盘碗 盤碗 | dishes / crockery / plates and cups | ||
| 盘飧 盤飧 | dishes / the food in a dish | ||
| 饭餸 飯餸 | dishes (of food) (Cantonese) |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 奶汁 | milk from a woman's breast / milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white sauce) | ||
| 菜肴 菜餚 | vegetable and meat dishes / dish | syn | |
| 点菜 點菜 | to order dishes (in a restaurant) | ||
| 洗碗 | to wash the dishes | ||
| 名菜 | famous dishes / specialty dishes | ||
| 杯盘狼藉 杯盤狼藉 | cups and dishes in complete disorder (idiom) / after a riotous drinking party | syn | |
| 祭器 | ritual dishes / sacrificial vessels | ||
| 餚 | variant of 殽|肴, meat dishes / mixed viands | ||
| 三茶六饭 三茶六飯 | lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom) | ||
| 荮 葤 | (dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw | syn | |
| 汤类 湯類 | soup dishes (on menu) | ||
| 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣 | eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means | ||
| 荤辛 葷辛 | very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term) | ||
| 集餐 | communal dining where one takes one's food from dishes served to everyone at the table (contrasted with 分餐[fen1can1]) | ||
| 饭类 飯類 | rice dishes (on menu) | ||
| 面类 麵類 | noodle dishes (on menu) | ||
| 大鱼大肉 大魚大肉 | dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish / lavish meal | ||
| 拼餐 | (of people with tight budget) to enjoy various dishes at the restaurant by ordering the food together and then sharing the costs | ||
| 黄花菜都凉了 黃花菜都涼了 | lit. the dishes are cold (idiom) / fig. to arrive late / to take one's sweet time | ||
| 打抛 打拋 | holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) (loanword from Thai "kaphrao") (used as an attributive in the names of Thai-style "phat kaphrao" dishes to indicate that the main ingredient is stir-fried with basil, as in 打拋豬|打抛猪[da3pao1zhu1], stir-fried pork with basil) | ||
| 莼羹鲈脍 蓴羹鱸膾 | (idiom) the dishes from one's hometown / (idiom) homesickness |