New Phrases: Weeks, Months & Years

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Friday 14 August 2009 0 comments

This is a quick post to help with your vocabulary when talking about things in time. This post relates to weeks, months and years. If you are wanting to talk about things in terms of Days please check my previous post.



Months of the Year

一月
yī yuè
January

二月
èr yuè
February

三月
sān yuè
March

四月
sì yuè
April

五月
wǔ yuè
May

六月
liù yuè
June

七月
qī yuè
July

八月
bā yuè
August

九月
jiǔ yuè
September

十月
shí yuè
October

十一月
shí yī yuè
November

十二月
shí èr yuè
December

Common Phrases: Weeks


禮拜 / 星期
lǐ bài / xīng qī
week

這個星期
zhèi gè xīng qī
this week

上個星期
shàng gè xīng qī
last week

下個星期
xià gè xīng qī
next week


Months



yuè
month

這個月
zhèi gè yuè
this month

上個月
shàng gè yuè
last month

下個月
xià gè yuè
next month



Years


nián
year

今年
jīn nián
this year

去年
qù nián
last year

明年
míng nián
next year

This is a quote that summarises, the importance of snap decisions. People with good judgement and experience usually have an edge over others as they know the right time to start and finish, to buy or sell, to plant or harvest. People that make these decisions see the opportunities in front of them and seize them.

趁热 打铁
chèn rè dǎ tiě
Strike Whilst The Iron is Hot

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Chinese Pork Wonton Noodle Soup: Recipe

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin 4 comments

Pork Wonton Noodle Soup
Serves 6



In Mandarin, Wontons are called; 馄饨 húntún "irregularly shaped dumpling" and also popularly called 云吞 yúntūn "swallowing clouds" in both Mandarin and Cantonese. However the English word actually derives from the Cantonese word 雲吞 wàntān.
Wontons are wonderfully wrapped in a silky wheat based sheet. This is a recipe I have heavily borrowed aspects from Phoebe over at Homemade Chinese Soups. I thank her for all the great tips for a beginner like me and the Pork wonton noodle soup tasted delicious. I ended up having plenty of Wontons to freeze for the next time.

Prep time: 1 ½ hours (first time preparing wontons took longer than expected)
Cooking Time: 2 hours (soup) 5 mins (Wontons & Noodles )

You Will Need:

1 Pack of 50 or (2 Packs) 100 Wonton Wrappers (depending on wrapping style)
4 Medium Egg Noodle Nests

Wonton Filling:
600g Minced Pork
2 Spring Onions
3 cloves Garlic
8g Ginger
¾ Cup of water
Seasonings for filling
1.5 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp pepper
1 tbsp sesame seed oil

Soup:
Bunch of Spring Onions
3 Carrots
2 Onions
2 Sticks of Celery
1 litre Pork Stock
1 litre Water
½ Cup of Soy Sauce
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Black Pepper



To Cook:

1. Put the pork stock in the saucepan with the water and bring to the boil. Add soy sauce and the cut-up vegetables to the soup. Leave to simmer for 2 hours.



2. Whilst the soup is simmering away chop spring onions into sections, cut up garlic and ginger small. Add the minced pork, and all the seasoning and fillings into a food processor, blend until really well mixed.

3. Now wrap the wontons:

• Place a wonton wrapper on a dry clean cutting board

• Place 1 teaspoon of filling in the center of the wrapper

• Take another piece of wonton wrapper and lay it over the filling

• Press the top wrapper gently but firmly over the filling, working out any air between filling and wonton wrapper
• Use a little water to seal the edges




4. Leave wontons aside under a damp towel, and leave in the fridge to prevent the wonton wrappers drying out.



5. Once all the wrappers are filled and completed. You are ready to cook the noodles and wontons.

6. Bring soup to the boil for the last 5 minutes. Add noodles in a colander to the soup.

7. Add wontons to a separate saucepan with boiling water; initially the wontons sink to the bottom until they cooked, when they will float. It takes about 5 mins.



8. Add the noodles to a bowl, Pour the soup ontop and add the wontons.



Recipe Sourced from:
http://www.homemade-chinese-soups.com/wonton-soup-recipe.html

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