Chinglish Dictionary

Mung bean soup

绿豆汤🧉

A traditional Chinese summer dessert made by boiling mung beans with rock sugar. It is cool, sweet, and has the effect o...

Beef noodle soup

牛肉面汤🍜

A classic Chinese pasta dish with chewy handmade noodles, tender braised beef, and rich beef bone soup. It is one of the...

Taro cake

芋头糕🥧

A traditional southern Chinese dim sum made from taro and rice flour. It is steamed first then pan-fried until crispy, w...

Sour bamboo shoot

酸笋🎍

A fermented Chinese ingredient made by pickling fresh bamboo shoots in salt water. It has a unique sour aroma and is a c...

Rice in soup / Pao fan

泡饭🍚

A simple Chinese home-cooked meal made by pouring hot soup or boiling water into cooked rice. It is convenient, time-sav...

Sliced beef in hot oil

水煮牛肉🌶️

A famous Sichuan dish in China. Tender beef slices are cooked in boiling spicy chili oil, with bean sprouts as a side. I...

Three fresh hot pot

三鲜火锅🥘

A light-flavored Chinese hot pot with a clear soup base, using three classic fresh ingredients (shrimp, mushrooms, bambo...

Green onion cake

葱油饼🫓

A savory Chinese flatbread made by pan-frying dough mixed with chopped green onions. It is crispy on the outside, soft o...

Steamed dumpling / Zheng jiao

蒸饺🍥

Chinese dumplings cooked by steaming, with thin, smooth wrappers and various fillings (pork, shrimp, vegetables). It fea...

Meat bun / Rou bao

肉包🥟

A classic Chinese steamed wheat bun with soft, fluffy dough, filled with seasoned minced pork or beef. It is a staple, a...

watch sisters online free

看着姐姐/看着妹妹

This is a typical word-for-word Chinglish translation derived from Chinese daily expressions. It misuses the verb "watch...

Take care prevent fire

注意防火

A fire safety Chinglish with missing conjunction, translated from Chinese "zhù yì fáng huǒ".

Pay attention to safe

注意安全

A classic universal safety Chinglish, literally translated from Chinese "zhù yì ān quán".

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An office work Chinglish with stiff expression, translated from Chinese "chuán shū wén jiàn".

Strictly prohibit to touch

严禁触摸

A safety warning Chinglish with wrong collocation, translated from Chinese "yán jìn chù mō".

No smoke

禁止吸烟

A classic public health Chinglish, literally translated from Chinese "jìn zhǐ xī yān".

Fragrant mouth

香口；口气清新

A daily hygiene Chinglish, translated from Chinese "xiāng kǒu" (chewing gum/breath freshener slogan).

The road is not yet please wait

道路未通，请等待

A traffic construction Chinglish with wrong wording, translated from Chinese "dào lù wèi tōng, qǐng děng dài".

Make the city of life more better

让生活的城市变得更美好

A city slogan Chinglish with grammar mistake, translated from Chinese "ràng shēng huó de chéng shì gèng měi hǎo".

Please do not take the brain out

请勿走神；请勿开动脑筋

A funny mistranslation Chinglish, wrong translation of Chinese "qǐng wù zǒu shén".