- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- to gather; to collect; to bring together
- restaurant; CL:家[jia1]
- 好吃 hǎo chī: 好吃 hao3 chi1: tasty; delicious好吃 hào chī: 好吃 hao4 chi1: to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
- to recommend
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- 门 mén: 门 men2: gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)门 Mén: 门 Men2: surname Men
- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- what?; something; anything
- 东西 dōng xī: 东西 dong1 xi1: east and west东西 dōng xi: 东西 dong1 xi5: thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- even; so much so that
- local conditions and customs (idiom)
- products; produce; natural resources
- (geology) landform; geomorphology
- initial; preliminary; tentative
- to understand; to realize; to find out
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
- the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- famous; well-known
- mutton; goat meat
- meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)
- small store
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- 给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- Song dynasty (960-1279)
- Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
- short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
- food; delicacies
- 熊 Xíong: 熊 Xiong2: surname Xiong熊 xíong: 熊 xiong2: bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable
- 腊 xī: 腊 xi1: dried meat; also pr. [xi2]腊 là: 腊 la4: ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
- surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce; (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
- 唯 wéi: 唯 wei2: only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)唯 wěi: 唯 wei3: yes
- yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form
- verse; CL:行[hang2]
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- cooking; culinary arts
- technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]
- to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- arts and crafts; industrial arts
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)
- dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish; lavish meal
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- to have a taste of; to sample
- really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed