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How do you say "western food" in Chinese?
西餐
xī cān
In Chinese, "western food" is 西餐.
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Pronunciation
Xī (high flat tone) cān (high flat tone). Hold both high and steady.
Writing and usage
Two characters. 西 (xī, west) has 6 strokes. 餐 (cān, meal) has 12 strokes.
Example sentence
我想吃西餐。
I want to eat Western food.
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How to remember 西餐
West-meal. Western food comes from the west, so west-meal is literal.
Related words
- box 盒子 hé zi
- bread 面包 miàn bāo
- cash register 收银机 shōu yín jī
- chair 椅子 yǐ zi
- coffee 咖啡 kā fēi
- dessert 甜点 tián diǎn
- lunch 午餐 wǔ cān
- menu 菜单 cài dān
- pot plant 盆栽 pén zāi
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Questions about 西餐
How do you say "western food" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "western food" is 西餐. It is a noun.
How is 西餐 written in Chinese?
Two characters. 西 (xī, west) has 6 strokes. 餐 (cān, meal) has 12 strokes.
How is 西餐 used in a sentence?
Use 西餐 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 我想吃西餐。 (I want to eat Western food.).
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"Western food" in other languages
- Japanese 洋食 (yōshoku)
- Korean 양식 (yangsik)
- Spanish la comida occidental
- Spanish (Latin America) la comida occidental
- French la nourriture occidentale
- German das westliche Essen
- Italian il cibo occidentale
- Russian западная кухня (zapadnaja kuhnja)
- Greek δυτικό φαγητό (to ditiko fagito)
- Arabic مأكولات غربية (ma'koulat gharbiyya)
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