Chinese Food Word Search
Free Chinese Food word search. We picked 12 themed words — the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: WONTON, DUMPLING, NOODLE, RICE, SOYSAUCE, GINGER, SCALLION, SESAME, SICHUAN, CANTONESE, PEKING, MANDARIN.
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Chinese Food word list, defined
- WONTON /ˈwɒntən/ (British); /ˈwɑːntən/ (American) · noun
- A small Chinese dumpling made with a thin wrapper and a filling of meat, seafood, or vegetables, usually served in soup or fried. The term can also refer to the wrapper itself when it is sold for making dumplings. Related: dumpling, filled dumpling, Chinese dumpling.
- DUMPLING /ˈdʌmplɪŋ/ · noun
- A small piece of dough, usually filled with meat, vegetables, cheese, or another savory mixture and boiled, steamed, or fried. By extension, the word can refer to an unfilled lump of dough cooked in soup or stew. Related: filled pasta, dough parcel.
- NOODLE /ˈnuːdl/ · noun
- A long, thin strip of pasta, usually made from wheat flour and water. By extension, it can refer contemptuously to a person regarded as ineffectual or foolish. Related: pasta, spaghetti, fettuccine, tagliatelle.
- RICE /raɪs/ · noun; verb
- As a noun, rice is the edible grain harvested from the rice plant, usually eaten cooked; it can also refer to the plant itself. As an informal British verb, rice means to agree or accept a proposal or concession. Related: grain, cereal, paddy.
- GINGER /ˈdʒɪndʒər/ · noun, adjective, verb
- Ginger is the pungent, aromatic underground rhizome of a tropical plant, used fresh or dried as a spice, flavoring, and herbal remedy. The word can also denote the plant itself, a reddish-brown color, a lively or enterprising person, and, informally, the act of enlivening or stirring up. Related: gingerroot, live wire, stirrer, go-getter.
- SCALLION /ˈskæl.i.ən/ (US); /ˈskæl.jən/ (UK, less common) · noun
- A small, slender onion with a white bulb and long green leaves, commonly used in salads, garnishes, and cooking. In British English, the term is sometimes used for a spring onion. Related: green onion, spring onion.
- SESAME /ˈsɛzəmi/ · noun
- The small, edible seed of an annual plant cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions, used in many cuisines. The word can also refer to the plant itself, which bears pale yellow, pink, or white flowers and elongated seed capsules. Related: sesame seed, til, benne seed, hummus seed.
- MANDARIN /ˈmændərɪn/ · noun; adjective
- Mandarin is the principal group of Sinitic Chinese varieties spoken in China and elsewhere, especially the official standard language of the People's Republic of China. The word also denotes a high-ranking official in imperial China, a sweet citrus fruit, a distinctive duck species, and a type of standing collar. Related: putonghua, Chinese, minister, official.
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