The last post covered some basics about Chinese kitchens, including how tiny they are and vocabulary for your various appliances. Well, there’s still a lot more to talk about in the kitchen. Shopping for your kitchen can be a royal pain if you don’t know the Chinese words, so here’s some more useful kitchen vocab for you to study:

Preparation

Get ready to cook!

• cutting board (菜板 – cài bǎn)

• cleaver (切肉刀 – qiē ròu dāo)

• rolling pin (擀面杖 – gǎn miàn zhàng)

• peeler (削皮器 – xiāo pí qì)

• masher (捣泥器 – dǎo ní qì)

• grater (擦菜板 – cā cài bǎn)

• mixing bowl (搅拌碗 – jiǎo bàn wǎn)

• whisk (打蛋器 – dǎ dàn qì)

Cooking

A simple Chinese kitchen setup.

• pot (锅 – guō)

• frying pan (煎锅 – jiān guō)

• saucepan (平底锅 – píng dǐ guō)

• wok (炒锅 – chǎo guō)

• baking tray (烤盘 – kǎo pán)

• steamer (蒸屉 – zhēng tì)

• spatula (炒菜铲 – chǎo cài chǎn)

• wooden spoon (木勺 – mù sháo)

• ladle (杓子 – biāo zi)

Dishes

Chopsticks or silverware?

• bowl (碗 – wǎn)

• plate (盘子 – pán zi)

• tableware (餐具 – cān jù)

• silverware (银器 – yín qì)

• spoon (勺子 – sháo zi)

• fork (叉子 – chā zi)

• knife (刀子 – dāo zi)

• chopsticks (筷子 – kuài zi)

• cup/glass (杯子 – bēi zi)

• wine glass (酒杯 – jiǔ bēi)

Here are a few easy YouTube videos that will help you with your pronunciation for a lot of the words above: