How do you say "Chinese food" in Mandarin?
My tutor said, "Zhong chan". I was looking it up for the pinyin tones but could not find zhong chan. I know it is general wording, but in English we would say, "let's go get some Chinese food" meaning anything from a Chinese restaurant or if we cook some Chinese dish.

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zhong can 中餐，但这个词在有些地方也有“午饭”的意思。。。

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I think Chinese food is not only Chinese dishes, but also all kinds of staple food and snacks..

as a general wording, 中餐 zhong1 can1 is ok, and it means any food you have as a dinner...中国菜 means chinese dishes...中式小吃 = chinese snacks

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中國菜 / 中式菜餚

中國菜主要有八大菜系，指：川菜、徽菜、浙菜、湘菜、粵菜、蘇菜、閩菜、魯菜。
同時，也有四大菜系之說，通常指魯菜、川菜、蘇菜和粵菜。
台菜不在八大系統之列，台菜雖源自中國，由移民帶來台灣，但是與本地的食材、調料結合後，
產生了特殊的口味，更不用說日本式與西式飲食的大量輸入，對台菜造成的影響。

中華料理

日本語詞彙回饋漢語，已廣為接受使用。

中餐

有歧義的用詞，一是相對於西餐的說法，二是午餐的同義詞。

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Zhong can - 中餐
Zhong guo cai - 中国菜