How to Say ‘I don't eat beef.’ in Traditional Chinese
我不吃牛肉。
wǒ bù chī niú ròu
[wo bù chī niúròu]
💬 Usage Tip: Put 不 before the verb to say what you don't eat, and swap in other foods: 我不吃豬肉 "I don't eat pork".
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Many older Taiwanese, especially from farming families, avoid beef out of gratitude to working oxen, so this is a familiar request.
Phrase Breakdown
我不吃
wǒ bù chī
I don't eat
我 (wǒ) means 'I', 不 (bù) means 'not', and 吃 (chī) means 'eat'. 吃 is a high, level first tone.
我不吃辣。
I don't eat spicy food.
Words in this phrase
我
wǒ
[wo]
I; me
The first-person pronoun used to talk about yourself.
我想多了解你們公司的制度，所以先自我介紹。
I want to learn more about your company’s system, so I’ll introduce myself first.
不
bù
[bù]
not
Used for negation.
這篇文章根本不含劍法招式的描述。
This article fundamentally does not include descriptions of sword skills.
吃
chī
[chī]
to eat
The basic verb for eating food.
我們去吃晚餐吧。
Let's go eat dinner.
牛肉。
niú ròu
beef
牛 (niú) means 'cow' and 肉 (ròu) means 'meat', so together they mean 'beef'. 牛 rises and 肉 falls.
牛肉很好吃。
The beef is delicious.
Words in this phrase
牛肉
niú ròu
[niúròu]
beef
Cow meat as food.
我不吃牛肉。
I don't eat beef.
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