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Chinese Snail Noodles

Learn Chinese words while I make snail noodles, in this immersion comprehensible input video.

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你们好nǐmenhǎo
shì
Jade
Hello, I’m Jade.
现在xiànzài
zài
厨房chúfáng
I’m in the kitchen right now,
厨房chúfáng
这里zhèlǐ
shì
厨房chúfáng
the kitchen. This is the kitchen,
zài
家里jiālǐ
de
厨房chúfáng
I’m in the kitchen at home.
因为yīnwèi
准备zhǔnbèi
自己zìjǐ
zhǔ
diǎn
东西dōngxī
chī
because I’m preparing to cook something for myself.
现在xiànzài
肚子dǔzi
hěn
饿è
I’m really hungry right now,
肚子dǔzi
饿è
le
I’m hungry,
hěn
xiǎng
chī
东西dōngxī
and I really want to eat something.
打算dǎsuàn
自己zìjǐ
zhǔ
diǎn
chī
de
I’m planning to cook something for myself.
yào
zhǔ
什么shénme
ne
So what am I going to cook?
就是jiùshì
fěn
It’s luosifen.
螺丝luósī
fěn
shì
一种yīzhǒng
米粉mǐfěn
Luosifen is a type of rice noodle.
米粉mǐfěn
de
味道wèidào
hěn
特别tèbié
Rice noodles have a very distinctive flavor,
味道wèidào
hěn
特别tèbié
de
一种yīzhǒng
米粉mǐfěn
叫做jiàozuò
a type of rice noodle with a very distinctive flavor is called
螺蛳luósī
fěn
hǎo
le
luosifen. Okay,
现在xiànzài
yào
开始kāishǐ
zhǔ
fěn
I’m going to start cooking luosifen now.
这是zhèshì
一个yígè
guō
This is a pot,
一个yígè
xiǎo
guō
不大bùdà
a small pot. It’s not big,
比较bǐjiào
xiǎo
it’s relatively small,
所以suǒyǐ
shì
一个yígè
xiǎo
de
guō
so it’s a small pot.
yào
yòng
这个zhègè
锅来guōlái
zhǔ
螺蛳luósī
fěn
I’m going to use this pot to cook luosifen,
yòng
这个zhègè
锅来guōlái
zhǔ
螺蛳luósī
fěn
use this pot to cook luosifen.
一个yígè
xiǎo
guō
yǒu
一个yígè
盖子gàizi
It’s a small pot, and it has a lid,
这是zhèshì
盖子gàizi
盖子gàizi
this is the lid, the lid,
盖子gàizi
guō
本身běnshēn
the lid and the pot itself,
盖子gàizi
xiǎo
guō
the lid, the small pot
zhè
shì
水壶shuǐhú
this is a kettle,
水壶shuǐhú
shì
一个yígè
水壶shuǐhú
a kettle. It’s a water kettle,
水壶shuǐhú
里面lǐmiàn
yǒu
shuǐ
there is water in the kettle,
de
de
shuǐ
drinking water, water for drinking.
yào
一些yīxiē
shuǐ
dǎo
I’m going to pour some water,
dǎo
jìn
xiǎo
guō
里面lǐmiàn
lái
zhǔ
fěn
into the small pot to cook the noodles.
shuǐ
倒进来dǎojìnlái
Pour the water in,
dǎo
jìn
xiǎo
guō
into the small pot.
dǎo
le
大概dàgài
yǒu
一半yībàn
de
shuǐ
I poured in about half the water,
dǎo
jìn
xiǎo
guō
into the small pot.
现在xiànzài
fěn
de
包装bāozhuāng
I’m now taking the luosifen package
de
包装bāozhuāng
its packaging,
撕开sīkāi
撕开sīkāi
包装bāozhuāng
and tearing it open, tearing open the package.
米粉mǐfěn
出来chūlái
I take the rice noodles out,
出来chūlái
take them out.
米粉mǐfěn
Rice noodles,
zhè
一小包yīxiǎobāo
就是jiùshì
米粉mǐfěn
this small packet is the rice noodles.
zài
米粉mǐfěn
de
包装bāozhuāng
I’ll tear open the rice noodle package again,
包装bāozhuāng
撕开sīkāi
tear open the package,
撕开sīkāi
里面lǐmiàn
jiù
tear it open. Inside is
shì
米粉mǐfěn
zhè
shì
gān
de
米粉mǐfěn
the rice noodles. These are dry rice noodles,
shì
gān
de
they’re dry,
gān
de
米粉mǐfěn
不是búshì
湿shī
de
dry rice noodles, not wet,
shì
gān
de
they’re dry.
现在xiànzài
yào
米粉mǐfěn
Now I’m going to put the rice noodles
放进fàngjìn
放进fàngjìn
xiǎo
guō
into the small pot.
zhè
shì
zhuāng
le
shuǐ
de
This one has water in it,
里面lǐmiàn
yǒu
shuǐ
zhuāng
le
shuǐ
de
xiǎo
guō
there’s water inside, this small pot with water in it.
gān
米粉mǐfěn
I put the dry rice noodles
gān
米粉mǐfěn
放进fàngjìn
put the dry rice noodles into
放进fàngjìn
xiǎo
guō
里面lǐmiàn
into the small pot
放下去fàngxiàqù
put them down,
放下去fàngxiàqù
put them down.
这是zhèshì
煤气灶méiqìzào
This is the gas stove,
煤气灶méiqìzào
the gas stove.
zài
厨房chúfáng
zhǔ
东西dōngxī
I’m cooking in the kitchen,
yòng
de
shì
煤气méiqì
using gas,
煤气méiqì
这是zhèshì
煤气灶méiqìzào
gas. This is the gas stove.
现在xiànzài
yào
点火diǎnhuǒ
Now I’m going to light it,
点火diǎnhuǒ
煤气灶méiqìzào
点燃diǎnrán
light it, ignite the gas stove.
这是zhèshì
这个zhègè
煤气灶méiqìzào
de
按钮ànniǔ
This is the button for this gas stove,
shì
按钮ànniǔ
it’s a button.
huǒ
huǒ
打开dǎkāi
I turn on the fire,
现在xiànzài
煤气灶méiqìzào
now the gas stove,
煤气灶méiqìzào
yǒu
huǒ
the gas stove has a flame,
yǒu
huǒ
le
there’s a flame now.
现在xiànzài
yǒu
huǒ
le
Now that I have a flame,
zài
zhǔ
zhǔ
米粉mǐfěn
I’ll keep cooking, cooking the rice noodles,
xiān
米粉mǐfěn
煮熟zhǔshú
first cook the rice noodles through.
米粉mǐfěn
yào
zhǔ
shí
分钟fēnzhōng
The rice noodles need to cook for ten minutes,
shí
分钟fēnzhōng
米粉mǐfěn
cái
可以kěyǐ
zhǔ
hǎo
only after ten minutes will the noodles be done.
所以suǒyǐ
现在xiànzài
děng
So now I wait,
děng
shí
分钟fēnzhōng
之后zhīhòu
after I wait ten minutes,
米粉mǐfěn
zhǔ
hǎo
the noodles will be cooked.
shí
分钟fēnzhōng
dào
le
Ten minutes is up,
水开shuǐkāi
le
the water is boiling,
guō
de
水开shuǐkāi
le
the water in the pot is boiling,
米粉mǐfěn
zhǔ
hǎo
le
the noodles are cooked.
现在xiànzài
huǒ
Now I’m going to turn off the fire,
huǒ
关掉guāndiào
turn off the fire.
关火guānhuǒ
关火guānhuǒ
I turn off the heat, turn it off,
煤气méiqì
de
huǒ
关掉guāndiào
le
the gas flame is off.
煤气méiqì
de
huǒ
关掉guāndiào
the gas flame is turned off,
没有méiyǒu
le
米粉mǐfěn
zhǔ
hǎo
le
it’s gone. The noodles are cooked.
准备zhǔnbèi
le
一双yīshuāng
筷子kuàizǐ
I’ve prepared a pair of chopsticks,
这是zhèshì
筷子kuàizǐ
筷子kuàizǐ
these are chopsticks, chopsticks,
一双yīshuāng
筷子kuàizǐ
a pair of chopsticks,
一个yígè
碟子diézǐ
and a plate,
碟子diézǐ
碟子diézǐ
the plate, the plate,
筷子kuàizǐ
准备zhǔnbèi
米粉mǐfěn
chopsticks. I’m going to use the chopsticks to
米粉mǐfěn
jiā
jiā
出来chūlái
pick up the noodles, pick them out,
zhǔ
hǎo
de
米粉mǐfěn
cóng
guō
take the cooked noodles out of the pot,
cóng
guō
jiā
出来chūlái
take them out of the pot,
jiā
dào
碟子diézǐ
and put them on the plate.
米粉mǐfěn
jiā
出来chūlái
I’ve taken the noodles out.
米粉mǐfěn
zhǔ
hǎo
de
米粉mǐfěn
I’ve taken all the noodles, the cooked noodles,
jiā
le
出来chūlái
jiā
zài
碟子diézǐ
out and put them on the plate.
米粉mǐfěn
jiā
dào
le
碟子diézǐ
I’ve put all the noodles onto the plate.
zhǔ
hǎo
米粉mǐfěn
之后zhīhòu
After the noodles are cooked,
guō
de
shuǐ
guō
de
shuǐ
shǎo
le
the water in the pot, the water in the pot has decreased,
shǎo
le
现在xiànzài
guō
de
shuǐ
很少hěnshǎo
it’s less. Now there’s very little water in the pot,
所以suǒyǐ
yào
jiā
shuǐ
so I need to add water,
yào
jiā
一点yīdiǎn
shuǐ
I need to add a little water.
这是zhèshì
水壶shuǐhú
水壶shuǐhú
This is the kettle, the kettle.
水壶shuǐhú
de
shuǐ
dǎo
进锅里jìnguōlǐ
I pour the water from the kettle into the pot,
jiā
一点yīdiǎn
shuǐ
add a little water.
yào
zhǔ
tāng
I’m going to make the soup,
jiā
这么zhème
duō
jiù
gòu
le
just adding this much is enough,
jiā
这么zhème
多水duōshuǐ
jiù
gòu
le
this much water is enough.
接下来jiēxiàlái
yào
zhǔ
tāng
Next I’m going to make the soup,
zhǔ
米粉mǐfěn
de
tāng
the soup for the noodles.
汤包tāngbāo
倒进去dǎojìnqù
I pour in the soup packet.
汤包tāngbāo
jiù
倒好dǎohǎo
le
The soup packet has been poured in.
接下来jiēxiàlái
还要huányào
fàng
Next I also need to add,
yào
fàng
辣椒làjiāo
yóu
I’m going to add chili oil,
辣椒làjiāo
yóu
还有huányǒu
chili oil and vinegar.
辣椒làjiāo
yóu
shì
de
Chili oil is spicy,
辣椒làjiāo
yóu
chī
起来qǐlái
hěn
chili oil tastes very spicy.
辣椒làjiāo
yóu
shì
de
Chili oil is spicy.
shì
suān
de
Vinegar is sour,
suān
de
sour vinegar.
jiā
一点yīdiǎn
zhī
jiā
一点yīdiǎn
辣椒làjiāo
yóu
I’ll add a little, just a little chili oil.
jiā
一点点yīdiǎndiǎn
就够jiùgòu
le
A little is enough,
因为yīnwèi
害怕hàipà
不想bùxiǎng
吃太辣chītàilà
de
because I’m afraid of it, and I don’t want it too spicy.
我会wǒhuì
jiā
一点yīdiǎn
I’ll add a little vinegar
shì
jiā
一点yīdiǎn
just a little too.
这样zhèyàng
tāng
jiù
tiáo
hǎo
le
That way the soup is seasoned.
yào
开火kāihuǒ
I’m going to turn on the heat.
现在xiànzài
打开dǎkāi
I’m turning on
打开dǎkāi
煤气灶méiqìzào
de
huǒ
the flame on the gas stove,
开火kāihuǒ
turning on the heat.
煤气灶méiqìzào
yǒu
huǒ
le
The gas stove has a flame,
xiān
zhǔ
一下yīxià
I’ll let it cook for a bit,
tāng
zhǔ
一下yīxià
and boil the soup.
现在xiànzài
yào
zhǔ
螺蛳luósī
fěn
de
tāng
Now I’m going to cook the luosifen soup.
yào
zhǔ
tāng
I’m going to cook the soup.
汤包tāngbāo
cóng
包装bāozhuāng
出来chūlái
I take the soup packet out of the package.
这是zhèshì
螺蛳luósī
fěn
de
tāng
汤包tāngbāo
This is the luosifen soup packet.
现在xiànzài
yào
汤包tāngbāo
打开dǎkāi
Now I’m going to open the soup packet,
然后ránhòu
dǎo
进锅里jìnguōlǐ
and then pour it into the pot.
xiān
汤包tāngbāo
打开dǎkāi
I’ll open the soup packet first.
汤包tāngbāo
打开dǎkāi
le
I’ve opened the soup packet,
打开dǎkāi
le
opened it.
现在xiànzài
汤包tāngbāo
dǎo
进锅里jìnguōlǐ
Now I’m pouring the soup packet into the pot,
ràng
汤包tāngbāo
gēn
guō
de
shuǐ
混合hùnhé
to let the soup packet mix with the water in the pot
zài
一起yīqǐ
together.
这些zhèixiē
shì
螺蛳luósī
fěn
de
配菜pèicài
These are the side dishes for luosifen.
配菜pèicài
就是jiùshì
除了chúle
米粉mǐfěn
Side dishes are everything besides the rice noodles,
还有huányǒu
其他qítā
一些yīxiē
蔬菜shūcài
and some other vegetables.
它们tāmen
shì
蔬菜shūcài
They are vegetables.
待会儿dàihuìér
huì
配菜pèicài
jiā
dào
tāng
里面lǐmiàn
I’ll also add the side dishes to the soup later
配菜pèicài
jiā
dào
螺蛳luósī
fěn
de
汤里tānglǐ
add the side dishes to the luosifen soup.
zhè
shì
de
冰箱bīngxiāng
This is my refrigerator.
冰箱bīngxiāng
冰箱bīngxiāng
mén
the refrigerator, I open the refrigerator door.
这是zhèshì
冰箱bīngxiāng
mén
This is the refrigerator door.
冰箱bīngxiāng
mén
打开dǎkāi
I open the refrigerator door.
打开dǎkāi
冰箱bīngxiāng
mén
I open the refrigerator door.
yào
一盒yīhé
cài
I’m going to take out a box of food.
这是zhèshì
一盒yīhé
cài
This is a box of food.
这盒zhèhé
一盒yīhé
I take this box, a box.
这盒zhèhé
cài
cóng
冰箱bīngxiāng
I take this box of food out of the refrigerator
cóng
冰箱bīngxiāng
里面lǐmiàn
出来chūlái
out of the refrigerator.
出来chūlái
take it out.
关上guānshàng
关上guānshàng
冰箱bīngxiāng
mén
Close it. I close the refrigerator door.
关上guānshàng
zhè
shì
昨天zuótiān
晚上wǎnshàng
打包dǎbāo
Close it. This is a box of food I packed
cóng
餐厅cāntīng
打包dǎbāo
回来huílái
de
一盒yīhé
cài
home from a restaurant last night.
一盒yīhé
cài
A box of food,
放在fàngzài
这里zhèlǐ
put it here.
现在xiànzài
tāng
Now the soup,
螺蛳luósī
fěn
de
tāng
已经yǐjīng
煮开zhǔkāi
le
the luosifen soup has boiled,
guō
de
水开shuǐkāi
le
the water in the pot is boiling.
准备zhǔnbèi
米粉mǐfěn
I’m going to put the noodles,
米粉mǐfěn
配菜pèicài
加进去jiājìnqù
add the noodles and the side dishes,
加进去jiājìnqù
add them in.
xiān
火关huǒguān
xiǎo
一点yīdiǎn
I’ll turn the heat down a little first,
火关huǒguān
xiǎo
turn the heat down,
guān
小火xiǎohuǒ
turn down the heat.
xiān
米粉mǐfěn
First I’ll add the rice noodles,
xiān
米粉mǐfěn
加进jiājìn
汤里tānglǐ
add the rice noodles into the soup first,
米粉mǐfěn
加进去jiājìnqù
add the rice noodles in.
zhè
shì
昨天zuótiān
cóng
餐厅cāntīng
This is what I got yesterday from the restaurant
cóng
外面wàimiàn
de
餐厅cāntīng
打包dǎbāo
回来huílái
de
cài
a dish I packed to go from a restaurant outside
shì
两只liǎngzhī
鸡爪jīzhǎo
it’s two chicken feet
两只liǎngzhī
鸡爪jīzhǎo
昨天zuótiān
打包dǎbāo
回来huílái
de
two chicken feet, packed up yesterday,
打包dǎbāo
回来huílái
de
鸡爪jīzhǎo
the chicken feet I packed to go,
它们tāmen
加进jiājìn
汤里tānglǐ
I’m adding them into the soup too,
放在fàngzài
粉里fěnlǐ
put them in the noodles,
加进去jiājìnqù
add them in.
zài
盖子gàizi
gài
回来huílái
Then put the lid back on.
现在xiànzài
yào
jiā
配菜pèicài
Now I’m going to add the side dishes,
配菜pèicài
加进jiājìn
de
fěn
里面lǐmiàn
I’m adding the side dishes into my noodles too.
现在xiànzài
guō
yǒu
所有suǒyǒu
de
东西dōngxī
Now the pot has everything in it,
我用wǒyòng
筷子kuàizǐ
搅拌jiǎobàn
I stir with chopsticks,
yòng
筷子kuàizǐ
搅拌jiǎobàn
stir it with chopsticks,
搅拌jiǎobàn
一下yīxià
give it a stir.
然后ránhòu
zài
huǒ
Then I’ll turn the heat,
zài
煤气méiqì
de
火开huǒkāi
一点yīdiǎn
I’ll turn up the gas flame a little more,
煤气méiqì
de
火开huǒkāi
turn up the gas flame.
ràng
zài
zhǔ
三十sānshí
miǎo
let it cook for another thirty seconds,
zài
zhǔ
三十sānshí
miǎo
jiù
可以kěyǐ
chī
le
it’ll be ready to eat after another thirty seconds.
hǎo
现在xiànzài
可以kěyǐ
关火guānhuǒ
Alright, now I can turn off the heat,
关火guānhuǒ
le
the heat is off. I
煤气méiqì
de
huǒ
关掉guāndiào
le
I turned off the gas flame.
现在xiànzài
de
fěn
jiù
zhǔ
hǎo
Now my luosifen is cooked,
准备zhǔnbèi
可以kěyǐ
chī
le
I’m ready to eat.
现在xiànzài
zhǔ
hǎo
de
螺蛳luósī
fěn
Now I’m taking the cooked luosifen,
这个zhègè
xiǎo
guō
拿走názǒu
taking this small pot away,
拿到nádào
吃饭chīfàn
de
地方dìfāng
bringing it to the eating area.
xiǎo
guō
拿走názǒu
I’m taking the small pot away,
拿到nádào
吃饭chīfàn
de
桌子zhuōzǐ
bringing it to the dining table.
放在fàngzài
桌子zhuōzǐ
shàng
I put it on the table.
然后ránhòu
准备zhǔnbèi
zài
这里zhèlǐ
chī
de
螺蛳luósī
fěn
Then I’m ready to eat my luosifen here.
因为yīnwèi
fěn
hěn
Because luosifen is very spicy,
chī
起来qǐlái
hěn
it tastes very spicy,
所以suǒyǐ
yào
准备zhǔnbèi
一些yīxiē
de
so I need to get something to drink ready.
这是zhèshì
一个yígè
杯子bēizǐ
This is a cup,
杯子bēizǐ
这是zhèshì
一个yígè
杯子bēizǐ
a cup, this is a cup.
准备zhǔnbèi
le
一罐yīguàn
水果shuǐguǒ
jiǔ
I prepared a can of fruit wine,
这是zhèshì
一罐yīguàn
一罐yīguàn
水果shuǐguǒ
jiǔ
this is a can, a can of fruit wine.
打算dǎsuàn
dǎo
jìn
I’m going to pour it into
倒进dǎojìn
de
杯子bēizǐ
pour it into my cup.
shì
一个yígè
易拉罐yìlāguàn
It’s a can,
易拉罐yìlāguàn
打开dǎkāi
a can. I’ll open it,
这罐zhèguàn
水果shuǐguǒ
jiǔ
打开dǎkāi
open this can of fruit wine,
然后ránhòu
dǎo
jìn
杯子bēizǐ
then pour it into the cup.
gān
米粉mǐfěn
dry rice noodles
这样zhèyàng
jiù
yǒu
de
东西dōngxī
le
That way I have something to drink,
yǒu
一杯yībēi
水果shuǐguǒ
jiǔ
I have a cup of fruit wine.
de
螺蛳luósī
fěn
宵夜xiāoyè
jiù
做好zuòhǎo
le
My luosifen late-night snack is ready,
准备zhǔnbèi
开动kāidòng
I’m ready to dig in.
fěn
de
味道wèidào
hěn
特别tèbié
Luosifen has a very distinctive smell,
有些yǒuxiē
rén
觉得juéde
wén
起来qǐlái
hěn
xiāng
some people think it smells fragrant,
hěn
好吃hǎochī
但是dànshì
有些yǒuxiē
rén
觉得juéde
it tastes delicious, but some people think
粉闻fěnwén
起来qǐlái
hěn
chòu
luosifen smells stinky,
wén
起来qǐlái
不好bùhǎo
wén
it doesn’t smell good,
hěn
chòu
所以suǒyǐ
yǒu
一些yīxiē
rén
really stinky, so some people
不爱bùài
chī
fěn
don’t like to eat luosifen.
有没有yǒuméiyǒu
尝试chángshì
guò
中国zhōngguó
de
Have you ever tried Chinese
fěn
kàn
le
这个zhègè
视频shìpín
会想huìxiǎng
luosifen? After watching this video, would you want
尝试chángshì
一下yīxià
ma
to try it?
zài
de
国家guójiā
有没有yǒuméiyǒu
哪些něixiē
食物shíwù
Are there any foods in your country
shì
味道wèidào
hěn
特别tèbié
de
that also have a very distinctive smell?
可以kěyǐ
zài
下面xiàmiàn
de
评论pínglùn
告诉gàosù
Tell me in the comments below.
谢谢xièxiè
观看guānkàn
zhè
视频shìpín
Thanks for watching this video,
现在xiànzài
yào
享受xiǎngshòu
de
宵夜xiāoyè
le
I’m going to enjoy my late-night snack now,
下个xiàgè
视频shìpín
再见zàijiàn
see you in the next video,
拜拜bàibài
bye-bye.