Noodles or Rice? 🍚 Talk Like a Local Fo...

• 我们想要米饭。 We’d like rice.

🥟 Extended Vocabulary (Intermediate)

Let’s learn some dishes and words so you can talk like a true foodie:

• 米饭 – mǐ fàn – rice

• 面条 – miàn tiáo – noodles

• 牛肉面 – niú ròu miàn – beef noodles

• 炸酱面 – zhà jiàng miàn – soybean paste noodles

• 鸡蛋炒饭 – jī dàn chǎo fàn – egg fried rice

• 扬州炒饭 – yáng zhōu chǎo fàn – Yangzhou fried rice

• 汤面 – tāng miàn – noodle soup

• 干拌面 – gān bàn miàn – dry-mixed noodles

• 粉丝 – fěn sī – vermicelli/glass noodles

• 粥 – zhōu – congee

🧾 Example Sentences & Mini Dialogues

你想吃米饭还是面？
Do you want rice or noodles?

我今天特别想吃一碗热热的牛肉面。
Today I really want a hot bowl of beef noodles.

可以换成米饭吗？
Can I change it to rice?

我吃不惯面条，我还是吃米饭吧。
I’m not used to noodles. I’ll go with rice.

这个炒饭特别香！你尝一下。
This fried rice smells amazing! Try it.

📖 Mini Mandarin Paragraph + Translation

Mandarin (spoken-style):
我从小在南方长大，每天都吃米饭。后来搬到北方，开始吃各种面条。现在我都喜欢。冬天的时候，来一碗热腾腾的汤面，真的很舒服！

English Translation:
I grew up in the south, and I ate rice every day. Later, I moved to the north and started eating all kinds of noodles. Now I like both. In winter, having a hot bowl of noodle soup is just so comforting.