中文特有词汇英译

A Look at English on Spring Festival

过节英文总结

春节

春联：Spring Festival couplets

剪纸：paper-cut

年画：New Year paintings

买年货：special purchases for the Spring Festival；do Spring Festival shopping

敬酒：propose a toast

灯笼：lantern；a portable light

烟花：fireworks

爆竹：firecrackers(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop)

红包：red packets(cash wrapped up in red paper，symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

舞狮：lion dance(The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck)

舞龙：dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests) 戏曲：traditional opera

杂耍：variety show；vaudeville

灯谜：riddle written on lanterns

灯会：exhibt of lanterns

守岁：staying

拜年：pay New Year’s call；give New Year’s greetings；New Year’s visit 禁忌：taboo

去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune

祭祖宗：offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors

压岁钱：gift money ；money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 辞旧岁：bid farewell to the old year

扫房：Spring cleaning；general house-cleaning

端午节

端午节：Dragon Boat Festival

赛龙舟：Dragon Boat Competition

重阳节

重阳节：the Double Ninth Festival

清明节

清明节：Tomb-sweeping Day

中国食品的洋名字

整餐complete dinner

便餐potluck dinner

一道菜dish

主食：

馒头steamed buns

花卷steamed rolls

烙饼pancake

肉包buns with meat fillings

素包buns with vegetables fillings

糖包buns with sweet fillings

炸酱面noodles served with fried bean sauce

饺子dumplings

蛋炒饭fried rice with eggs

炒米粉fried rice noodles

早点：

煎饼pancake

炸糕fried cake

炸油饼deep-fried dough cake

菜品：

炖牛肉stewed beef

炖羊/猪排骨stewed lamb/pork chop

烤羊肉串roast clustered mutton

凉拌菜salad

炒菜fried vegetables

炒菜a fried dish（简明英汉词典）

炒鸡蛋scrambled eggs（简明英汉词典）

调料：

酱油soy sauce

醋vinegar

胡椒pepper

粥汤：

皮蛋瘦肉粥preserved eggs with lean porridge

大米粥rice porridge

玉米面粥cornmeal mush

西红柿鸡蛋汤tomatoes with eggs soup

豆腐bean curd 豆腐粉soybean powder

豆腐干dried bean curd

豆腐花jellied bean curd

豆腐脑jellied bean curd

豆浆bean milk

臭豆腐bean curd with odor 豆芽bean sprout

绿豆芽mung bean sprout

黄豆芽soybean sprout

此外，有几句常说的餐间的话：Do you like Chinese food？

你喜欢中餐吗？

What’s your favorite food？

你喜欢吃什么？

Be careful,it’s heat hot！

小心，菜很烫！

It’s delicious！

真好吃