Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurants in China

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Vegetarianism is not highly common in China; however, in major cities like Beijing, vegetarian restaurants are slowly being established. Although Chinese food is vegan friendly by default (without the added flesh meat), it is likely that most vegetarians in China do consume either dairy and/or milk. "Vegetarian" in Mandarin Chinese is pronounced, "Chur Su," which translates to, "Eat Vegetables." The word for MSG (monosodium glutamate) is good to know when traveling to China and other parts of Asia, because restaurants there are generally accustomed to using heavy amounts of it. MSG is pronounced, "Wei Jiing," so you could say, "Wo bu yow wei jiing," which means, "I don't want MSG." See chart below for more key phrases to use when traveling to China.

Useful Chinese phrase:

Excuse me. I am vegan. I do not eat any animal products, including meat, seafood, fish, fish stock, eggs, honey, or dairy products (such as milk, yogurt, butter, cheese, or mayonnaise). Thank you for your understanding.

我是严格的素食主义者,我不能吃以下这些东西,动物的肉(包括牛肉,猪肉,鸡肉,羊肉等),还有海鲜类,鸡蛋(包括蛋黄酱,含有鸡蛋的面包和蛋糕),乳制品(奶酪,调味汁等),含有动物胶的甜点,还有使用蜂蜜,肉,鱼煮的汤也不行。

English
Say
Chinese
I eat vegetarian
Wǒ chīsù
我吃素
I do not want...
Wǒ bùyào...
我不要...
I do not want MSG
Wǒ bùyào wèijīng
我不要味精
I do not eat meat
Wǒ bù chī ròu
我不吃肉
I do not eat fish
Wǒ bù chī yú
我不吃鱼
I do not eat egg
Wǒ bù chī dàn
我不吃蛋
Does it contain xxx?
yǒu méi yǒu xxx ma?
有没有 xxx 吗
Meat
ròu
Fish
Egg
dàn
Milk
Niúnǎi
牛奶
Butter
Niú yóu
牛油
Cream
Nǎiyóu
奶油
MSG
wèijīng
味精

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