Mandarin · 11 October 2026 · Night Market Street Food
路边摊路邊攤
lù biān tānPinyin
roadside stall / street vendor
noun
An open-air street stall or mobile cart operating on sidewalks or roadsides. It serves as the primary structural unit of night market dining, offering immediate, affordable, and deeply localized dishes.
In a sentence
学代码的室友看得很准,这家开在小巷深处的路边摊虽然位置隐蔽,但做出来的小吃口味真是一绝。
Xué dàimǎ de shìyǒu kàn de hěn zhǔn, zhè jiā kāi zài xiǎoxiàng shēnchù de lùbiāntān suīrán wèizhì yǐnbì, dàn zuò chūlái de xiǎochī kǒuwèi zhēnshì yījué.
Our roommate who studies coding has accurate judgment; although this roadside stall operating deep in the alley is hidden away, the flavor of the street food it makes is an absolute masterpiece.