Food & Drink
Eating, drinking, wanting
HSK 1 · A1 · 8 words
Vocabulary
Pinyin colour = tone:1st2nd3rd4thneutral/mixed
水
shuǐ
water
饭
fàn
meal / rice
米饭
mǐfàn
cooked rice
面条
miàntiáo
noodles
苹果
píngguǒ
apple
茶
chá
tea
咖啡
kāfēi
coffee
牛奶
niúnǎi
milk
Grammar
想 vs 要
想 (xiǎng) = would like to / feel like; 要 (yào) = want / will (stronger).
我想喝茶。
Wǒ xiǎng hē chá.
I'd like to drink tea.
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