enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of Chinese classifiers - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_classifiers

    In the tables, the first two columns contain the Chinese characters representing the classifier, in traditional and simplified versions when they differ. The next four columns give pronunciations in Standard (Mandarin) Chinese, using pinyin; Cantonese, in Jyutping and Yale, respectively; and Minnan (Taiwan).

  3. Dragon Li - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Li

    The Dragon Li is a recently established Chinese breed of domestic cat (also called Chinese Li Hua or China Li Hua as a standardized breed, depending on breed registry).It was developed from a common landrace of cats in China, known as 貍花貓, Pinyin: líhuā māo, literally 'leopard cat patterned cat' (sometimes shortened to 花貓 huā māo or 貍貓 lí māo); the native cats are featured ...

  4. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias

    Eating food Drinking Swallowing Brushing teeth ... Cat meowing Dog barking Dog or wolf howling Afrikaans: ... Mandarin: 哐啷, [zho 19] ...

  5. Siopao - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siopao

    There is an urban legend about the snack alleging that cat meat is used in the production of siopao.According to historians, this story could have came from a certain sentiment towards the Chinese Filipino community or it was theorized that it could have been a smear campaign by competitors or illegitimate children from a Chinese family which runs a siopao business.

  6. List of Chinese dishes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_dishes

    a Chinese cooking technique to prepare delicate and often expensive ingredients. The food is covered with water and put in a covered ceramic jar, and is then steamed for several hours. Red cooking: 紅燒: 红烧: hóngshāo: several different slow-cooked stews characterized by the use of soy sauce and/or caramelised sugar and various ...

  7. Baozi - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baozi

    Baozi (Chinese: 包子 ⓘ), or simply bao, is a type of yeast-leavened filled bun [1] in various Chinese cuisines.There are many variations in fillings (meat or vegetarian) and preparations, though the buns are most often steamed.

  8. Khòng-bah-pn̄g - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khòng-bah-pn̄g

    Along with the similar lo bah png (minced pork rice), khong bah png gradually became an integral part of Taiwanese xiaochi culture, commonly found at food stalls or bento stores. Similar dishes can be found within Hakka cuisine, Singaporean, and Malaysian cuisine. [1] Braised pork rice is one of the most notable Taiwanese foods. [2]

  9. Mandarin Chinese profanity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese_profanity

    mīmī (咪咪; literally cat's purring "meow meow") is a euphemism for breast. dà dòufu ( 大豆腐 ; literally "big tofu") slang for large breasts, more prevalent in Guangdong mántóu ( Chinese : 饅頭 ; literally "steamed bun") also refers to a woman's breasts; as mantou is typical of northern Chinese cuisine this term is used primarily ...