Chinese Cooking Terms & Ingredients

1. 味精 ~ Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
2. 醋 ~ Vinegar
3. 白醋(工研醋) ~ Rice vinegar
4. 白醋 ~ White vinegar (西洋料理用的)
5. 烏醋 ~ Black vinggar
6. 酱油 ~ Soy sauce
7. 蚝油 ~ Oyster sauce
8. 麻油 ~ Sesame oil
9. 白酒 ~ White spirits
10. 加饭酒 ~ Rice wine
11. 桂花酒 ~ Osmanthus-flavored wine
12. 芝麻酱 ~ Sesame paste
13. 辣椒醬 ~ Chili sauce
14. 沙荼醬 ~ Chinese barbecue sauce
15. 南乳 ~ Fermented red beancurd
16. 薑粉 ~ Ginger powder
17. 调味蕃茄醬 ~ Ketchup
18. 蕃茄醬 ~ Tomato sauce (普通甜的)
19. 蕃茄醬 ~ Tomato paste (義大利料理用的)
20. 豆辦醬 ~ Chili soybean paste
21. XO醬 ~ XO sauce
22. 豆豉 ~ Salted black bean
23. 薏米 ~ Pearl barley
24. 西贾米 ~ Sago
25. 沙莪粒/西米/小茨丸 ~ Pearl sago/Pearl tapioca
26. 紅豆沙/烏豆沙 ~ Red bean paste
27. 綠豆片 ~ Split mung bean
28. 芝麻 ~ Sesame Seeds
29. 蓮子 ~ Lotus seed
30. 蓮蓉 ~ Lotus seed paste
31. 栗蓉 ~ Chestnut puree / Chestnut paste
32. 蜜棗 ~ Preserved red dates
33. 紅棗 ~ Chinese red dates
34. 棗泥 ~ Red date paste
35. 百合 ~ Dried lily bulb
36. 金针 ~ Tiger lily buds
37. 陳皮 ~ Dried orange peel/Dried tangerine peel
38. 豆腐 ~ Tofu
39. 腐竹 ~ Dried beancurd sticks
40. 腐皮 ~ Beancurd sheet
41. 酸菜 ~ Pickled mustard-green
42. 蒸山芋 ~ Steamed sweet potatoes
43. 咸黄瓜 ~ Salted cucumber
44. 脱水蒜粒 ~ Dehydrated garlic granules
45. 冬菇 ~ Dried black mushroom
46. 木耳 ~ Fungus
47. 黑木耳 ~ Black fungus / Dried black fungus
48. 海带 ~ Kelp
49. 燒海苔 ~ Toasted nori seaweed / Toasted seaweed sushi nori
50. 板海苔 ~ Nori seaweed / Dried sea laver
51. 燕菜 ~ Agar-agar
52. 蝦米 ~ Dried shrimp
53. 鱼干 ~ Dried fish
54. 鹹蛋黃 ~ Salted egg yolk
55. 皮蛋（糖心/ 硬心）~ Preserved duck eggs (soft and hard yolk)
56. 咸鸭蛋 ~ Salted duck eggs
57. 牛肉粒 ~ Dried beef cubes
58. 牛肉片 ~ Dried beef sliced
59. 猪肉松 ~ Dried pork floss
60. 腊鸭 ~ Preserved duck
61. 鸭肫干~ Preserved duck gizzard
62. 烤鸭 ~ Roasted duck
63. 方便面 ~ Instant noodles
64. 面条 ~ Egg noodles
65. 米粉 ~ Rice noodle
66. 粉丝 ~ Cellophane noodle
67. 餛鈍皮 ~ Wonton wrapper/Wonton skins
68. 水餃皮 ~ Dumpling wrapper / Dumpling skins /Gyoza wrapper
69. 春捲皮 ~ Spring roll wrapper /Egg roll wrapper

Contributed by MissyLing from SMH forum, edited by Jaslovesfood