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小吃
xiǎo chī
Meaning
- street food; snack
Definition
指小份的、通常在正餐外吃的食品，如点心、零食等。
Small dishes or snacks, typically eaten outside of main meals, such as dim sum or street food.
Usage
常用于指街头小吃、餐厅的小份菜，也可指特色地方小吃。
Often used to refer to street food, small dishes in restaurants, or local specialties.
Examples
- 1 我们晚上去夜市吃小吃吧。 (Let's go to the night market for snacks tonight.)
- 2 这家店的小吃种类很多，味道也不错。 (This shop has a wide variety of snacks, and they taste good too.)
- 3 成都的小吃很有名，比如担担面、串串香。 (Chengdu's snacks are very famous, such as dandan noodles and chuanchuanxiang.)
- 4 我周末喜欢在家做一些简单的小吃。 (I like to make some simple snacks at home on weekends.)
- 5 这个展览会里有很多地方小吃可以品尝。 (There are many local snacks to taste at this exhibition.)
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