Chinglish Dictionary

No door is allowed

没门！

No way! Absolutely not!

Don't give me face

不给我面子

Not showing proper respect; deliberately embarrassing someone

Stir fried greens

清炒时蔬

A healthy Chinese home-cooked dish 🥬, fresh seasonal greens stir-fried with garlic, light oil, fresh and crisp, retainin...

Clay pot rice

煲仔饭

A Cantonese classic rice dish 🍚, rice cooked in a clay pot with ingredients like sausage, chicken, vegetables, with cris...

Chinese yam

山药

A traditional Chinese medicinal and edible ingredient, referring to the tuber of Dioscorea opposita, which can be steame...

Barbecue skewer / Chuan

烤串

A popular Chinese street barbecue 🍢, ingredients like meat, vegetables, seafood skewered and grilled, seasoned with cumi...

Dumpling / Jiaozi

饺子

A traditional Chinese staple food 🥟, flour wrapper filled with meat/vegetables, boiled/steamed/fried, a must-eat food fo...

Beef offal soup

牛杂汤

A classic Chinese beef soup 🥣, beef offal boiled with spices, fresh and fragrant soup, warm and nourishing, a popular st...

Pregnant with anger

憋着一肚子气

To be filled with suppressed anger or resentment

Mapo tofu

麻婆豆腐

A classic Sichuan spicy dish 🥢, made with tender tofu, minced beef, chili oil, Sichuan peppercorns, featuring numbing, s...

Fried dough stick

油条

A traditional Chinese fried pasta 🍘, long golden crispy strips made by frying fermented dough, a classic matching food w...

Soy bean milk

豆浆

A traditional Chinese healthy drink 🥛, made by grinding and boiling soybeans, rich in plant protein, with a mellow and f...

Spring roll

春卷

A traditional Chinese fried snack 🥠, crispy wrapper filled with vegetables, meat, vermicelli, fried until golden, a clas...

Walking chicken, spiced blood

走地鸡，五香血

This is a wrong literal translation of Chinese local chicken and food ingredients, referring to free-range chickens and ...

I give you a color to see see

我给你点颜色看看

This is a classic Chinglish literal translation of Chinese oral threat, meaning to teach someone a lesson or punish some...

Your head has problem

你脑子有问题

This is a rude Chinglish curse, used to accuse others of having abnormal thinking, irrational behavior or saying ridicul...

You really cow!

你真牛！

This is a colloquial Chinglish translation of Chinese praise, using "cow" to replace the adjective "awesome", meaning ot...

Please take your garbage, we don't want

请带走您的垃圾，我们不收

This is a public environmental protection reminder, asking people to take away their own garbage and not leave it in pub...

Civilized toilet, thanks for cooperation

文明如厕，感谢配合

This is a public toilet reminder, advocating people to use the toilet in a civilized manner, keep the toilet clean and t...

Caution: Mind the tramp

小心：留意流浪汉

This is an inappropriate and discriminatory warning, wrongly reminding people to be wary of tramps, which is unfriendly ...