小吃

xiǎochī

noun HSK 4 #11,724

Meanings

Small eats - street food and snacks.

HSK 1

北京有很多好吃的小吃。

Běijīng yǒu hěn duō hǎochī de xiǎochī.

Beijing has many delicious street foods.

HSK 1

这个小吃很有名。

Zhège xiǎochī hěn yǒumíng.

This snack is very famous.

HSK 4

我们去小吃街逛逛吧。

Wǒmen qù xiǎochī jiē guàngguang ba.

Let's go stroll around the snack street.

culture

Every Chinese city has its own 小吃: Beijing has 炸酱面 and 糖葫芦, Xi'an has 肉夹馍, Wuhan has 热干面. Night markets (夜市) are the best places to find them.

小 xiǎo

吃 chī