豆干 - pressed toufu

dòu ɡān

豆 dòu  pressed bean

干 ɡān dry

糯米藕 - glutinous rice in lotus

nuò mǐ ǒu

糯 nuò glutinous

米 mǐ  rice

藕 ǒu  lotus

鸡爪 － chicken feet

jī zhǎo

鸡   jī  chicken 

爪   zhǎo  feet (claw)

鸡爪是我的最喜欢的菜。我喜欢鸡爪的要命。

Jī zhǎo shì wǒ de zuì xǐ huān de cài. wǒ xǐ huān jī zhǎo de yào mìng. 

Chicken feet is the Chinese food I like most. I am crazy for them!

番茄炒蛋 － fried eggs with tomato

fānqié chǎo dàn 

番茄  fānqié  tomato

炒 chǎo  fried

蛋  dàn  eggs

The most difficult Chinese characters

zuì nán zhōng guó de hàn zì. 

最难中国的汉字。

Spelled dá (rising tone)， one of the most difficult Chinese characters. It means the appearance of a dragon flying.

Please see Wikipedia for more examples.

鱼香肉丝 － Fish-flavoured shredded pork

yúxiāngròusī

鱼  yú     fish

香  xiāng     flavoured

肉  ròu    meat

丝  sī     shredded

香菇菜心 - Hearts of green vegetables with mushrooms

xiānggū càixīn

香菇 xiānggū mushrooms

菜心  càixīn hearts of green vegetables