Dumplings
Half-moon dumplings of pork and cabbage, or pork and chives, boiled and dipped in vinegar. In the north the whole family folds them on Lunar New Year's Eve.
Life in Mainland China
Liaoning: a Chinese conversation with pinyin and English
The southern gateway to the northeast, with a long coast on the Yellow Sea and the Bohai.
The conversation
Speakers: Haoran and Xiaoyu.
- Haoran
哎，你这脚丫子可算踏进我们地界儿了啊。
Man, you've finally made it to our neck of the woods.
- Xiaoyu
大连！我这一下午都在海边猛吃海鲜。夏天在这儿太容易吃撑了。
Dalian! I've spent the whole afternoon stuffing myself with seafood by the beach. It's way too easy to pig out here in the summer.
- Haoran
辽宁可是东北的南大门，东边黄海，西边渤海。
Liaoning is the southern gateway to the Northeast, with the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west.
- Xiaoyu
辽东半岛到处都是港口城市。我画本子里全塞满船了。
The Liaodong Peninsula is packed with port cities. My sketchbook is completely crammed with ships.
- Haoran
沈阳去过了没？那边可有清朝入关前建的老建筑呢。
Have you been to Shenyang yet? They've got ancient buildings there built before the Qing dynasty invaded the Central Plains.
- 一座故宫 an imperial palace
- 一段长城 a section of the Great Wall
- 一尊大佛 a giant Buddha statue
Answer
一座故宫 an imperial palace
- Xiaoyu
沈阳故宫呗。还没进北京前先搭的练手宫殿吧。
The Shenyang Imperial Palace, obviously. Sort of like a practice run before they took Beijing.
- Haoran
那水饺吃了吗？
Did you have any dumplings?
- Xiaoyu
找了一家只卖水饺的馆子，直接按盘端上来。
Found a place that only sells dumplings, and they brought them out by the plateful.
- Haoran
这才是东北吃饺子的豪爽架势。
Now that's how you do dumplings Northeastern style.
- Xiaoyu
猪肉白菜、猪肉韭菜的，吃到后面我都数不清盘子了。
Pork and cabbage, pork and chive... I lost count of the plates by the end.
- Haoran
蘸醋吃对味儿吧？
Hit the spot with some vinegar, right?
- Xiaoyu
浩然，我是四川人呐，我还管老板要了辣椒油呢。
Haoran, I'm from Sichuan. I even asked the owner for chili oil.
- Haoran
所以说你们这帮人吃东西太不讲究了。
That's why you guys have zero appreciation for good food.
Words in the conversation
海边seasideHSK 2夏天summerHSK 2可是butHSK 2东北the NortheastHSK 2大门the front gateHSK 2到处everywhereHSK 2直接directHSK 2饺子dumplingHSK 2所以thereforeHSK 2容易easyHSK 3城市a cityHSK 3上来to come up toward hereHSK 3白菜Chinese cabbageHSK 3后面at the rearHSK 3老板proprietorHSK 3海鲜fresh oceanic seafoodHSK 4盘子a plateHSK 4味儿a smellHSK 4讲究particular aboutHSK 4建筑buildingHSK 5港口portHSK 6
Notes
- Kind
- Province
- Capital
- Shenyang
- Region
- Northeast China
The southern gateway to the northeast, with a long coast on the Yellow Sea and the Bohai.
Known for
- Dalian's seafood, eaten by the coast all summer
- The Shenyang Imperial Palace, built by the Qing before they took Beijing
- Dumplings, served by the plate in restaurants that make nothing else
- Its port cities on the Liaodong peninsula